Abductees' families raise questions on abduction probe

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 25 about documents and evidence Pyongyang gave to a Japanese government delegation that conducted a fact-finding mission on the fate of 10 Japanese abductees earlier this month. Their daughter Megumi was abducted to the North in November 1977 at age 13 and is said by Pyongyang to be dead.

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