Ex-convict who drew attention to plight of Koreans in Japan dies

Ex-convict who drew attention to plight of Koreans in Japan dies

TOKYO, Japan - Kwon Hui Ro (file photo), known as Kim Hui Ro in Japan where he was born and raised, died of prostate cancer in a hospital in Busan, South Korea, on March 26, 2010. He was 81. Kwon served time in a Japanese prison for the murders of two gangsters in 1968 and whose case drew attention to the plight of Koreans in Japan.

S. Korean ex-convict hopes to visit Japan

S. Korean ex-convict hopes to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - This February 2010 file photo shows Kim Hui Ro, a South Korean man who served time in a Japanese prison for the murders of two gangsters in 1968 and was released on parole in 1999. Kim, who now lives in Busan, South Korea, told Kyodo News on Feb. 27, 2010, that he hopes to make a return visit to Japan to pay his respects at his mother's grave.

Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - At the Tochigi prefectural government building, 63-year-old ex-convict Toshikazu Sugaya, who was wrongly arrested and sentenced to life in prison, speaks during a news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, after his trial at the Utsunomiya District Court. Sugaya was arrested and indicted in December 1991 on suspicion of killing a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture in May 1990, but the latest trial is expected to formally exonerate him, finding he was wrongly convicted.

Ex-convict who drew attention to plight of Koreans in Japan dies

Ex-convict who drew attention to plight of Koreans in Japan dies

TOKYO, Japan - Kwon Hui Ro (file photo), known as Kim Hui Ro in Japan where he was born and raised, died of prostate cancer in a hospital in Busan, South Korea, on March 26, 2010. He was 81. Kwon served time in a Japanese prison for the murders of two gangsters in 1968 and whose case drew attention to the plight of Koreans in Japan. (Kyodo)

Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - At the Tochigi prefectural government building, 63-year-old ex-convict Toshikazu Sugaya, who was wrongly arrested and sentenced to life in prison, speaks during a news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, after his trial at the Utsunomiya District Court. Sugaya was arrested and indicted in December 1991 on suspicion of killing a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture in May 1990, but the latest trial is expected to formally exonerate him, finding he was wrongly convicted. (Kyodo)

S. Korean ex-convict hopes to visit Japan

S. Korean ex-convict hopes to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - This February 2010 file photo shows Kim Hui Ro, a South Korean man who served time in a Japanese prison for the murders of two gangsters in 1968 and was released on parole in 1999. Kim, who now lives in Busan, South Korea, told Kyodo News on Feb. 27, 2010, that he hopes to make a return visit to Japan to pay his respects at his mother's grave. (Kyodo)