N. Korean defector to be deported

N. Korean defector to be deported

Kim Yong Hwa (L), a 45-year-old man who claims to be a defector from North Korea, was being escorted July 10 from Fukuoka Immigration Detention Center to Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture for deportation to China. Japanese immigration authorities say papers carried by Kim show he is Chinese.

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