Miura to be transferred to L.A.

Miura to be transferred to L.A.

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura (L) leaves a Saipan court on Sept. 29. Miura's defense team withdrew a habeas corpus request and a judge at the court consented to the move, paving the way for his transfer from Saipan to Los Angeles. The development follows a Los Angeles county court's ruling on Sept. 26 that validated an arrest warrant for the 61-year-old suspect on a conspiracy charge in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in 1981. (Kyodo)

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