Japan to ask Interpol to get alleged N. Korean abductor

Japan to ask Interpol to get alleged N. Korean abductor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in South Korea in December 1999 shows North Korean agent Sin Guang Ju (C) who was released under President Kim Dae Jung's amnesty program. Japanese authorities are set to ask the Interpol on Aug. 1 to put Sin on the international wanted list on suspicion of obtaining a Japanese passport by assuming the identity of a Japanese man believed to have been abducted to North Korea. (Kyodo)

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