Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat theft

Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat theft

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Hoshikawa, executive director of Greenpeace Japan, speaks to reporters in front of Greenpeace's office in Tokyo on June 20 after police arrested two Greenpeace members on suspicion of stealing whale meat. The group presented the meat to prosecutors as evidence in its allegations of a whale meat smuggling operation involving a government-sponsored whaling program.

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