(2)China refuses to hand over 5 asylum seekers

(2)China refuses to hand over 5 asylum seekers

BEIJING, China - A car carrying Masaaki Ono, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Consular and Migration Affairs Department, arrives at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing on May 14. China refused to hand over five North Korean asylum seekers seized May 8 by Chinese police from the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang and rejected Japan's demand for an apology.

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