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Plan to sell N. Korea group's head office abandoned

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Koken Tsuchiya speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 18. He said he has taken procedures to revert the ownership of the properties of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, on an official registry from a company headed by Shigetake Ogata, a former chief of the government's intelligence agency, indicating that a plan to sell the properties to the company has been abandoned.

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Plan to sell N. Korea group's head office abandoned

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo shows the building that houses the head office of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. A plan to sell the properties to a company headed by Shigetake Ogata, a former chief of the government's intelligence agency, has been abandoned.

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Deal to sell Chongryon HQ to ex-intelligence chief may fall through

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetake Ogata, former director general of the Public Security Intelligence Agency who heads an investment advisory firm, speaks about a deal to sell the head office of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, to his firm at a news conference in Tokyo on June 13.

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Chongryon head office sold to investment advisory firm

TOKYO, Japan - The pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, has sold its head office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward (photo) to the Harvest investment advisory company headed by Shigetake Ogata, former director of the Public Security Intelligence Agency.

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Ex-intelligence chief Ogata indicted for fraud in N. Korea group

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former Public Security Intelligence Agency Director General Shigetake Ogata, who was indicted on July 18 for defrauding pro-Pyongyang Korean residents group Chongryon of the ownership of the group's headquarters building and associated land. (Kyodo)

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Ex-intelligence chief found guilty of fraud, but avoids prison

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetake Ogata, former director general of the Public Security Intelligence Agency, arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on July 16 to hear the court's ruling on him. The court sentenced Ogata to two years and 10 months in prison, suspended for five years, finding him guilty of fraud for swindling the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) out of their headquarters building and premises plus cash. (Kyodo)

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Ex-intel agency chief Ogata held over Chongryon premises deal

TOKYO, Japan - Public prosecutors on June 28 arrest Shigetake Ogata (file photo), a lawyer who formerly headed the government's Public Security Intelligence Agency, on suspicion of fraud in connection with an aborted purchase of the head office of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents of Japan, known as Chongryon. (Kyodo)

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Plan to sell N. Korea group's head office abandoned

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Koken Tsuchiya speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 18. He said he has taken procedures to revert the ownership of the properties of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, on an official registry from a company headed by Shigetake Ogata, a former chief of the government's intelligence agency, indicating that a plan to sell the properties to the company has been abandoned. (Kyodo)

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Plan to sell N. Korea group's head office abandoned

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo shows the building that houses the head office of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. A plan to sell the properties to a company headed by Shigetake Ogata, a former chief of the government's intelligence agency, has been abandoned. (Kyodo)

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Home, office of ex-intelligence chief raided over Chongryon

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors on June 13 searched the home (in photo) and office of Shigetake Ogata, a former Public Security Intelligence Agency chief, over a deal to sell the head office in Tokyo of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, to an investment advisory firm headed by Ogata. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special squad suspects Ogata has made false notary documents in connection with the deal. (Kyodo)

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Deal to sell Chongryon HQ to ex-intelligence chief may fall thro

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetake Ogata, former director general of the Public Security Intelligence Agency who heads an investment advisory firm, speaks about a deal to sell the head office of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, to his firm at a news conference in Tokyo on June 13. (Kyodo)

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Chongryon head office sold to investment advisory firm

TOKYO, Japan - The pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, has sold its head office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward (photo) to the Harvest investment advisory company headed by Shigetake Ogata, former director of the Public Security Intelligence Agency. (Kyodo)

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Ex-intelligence chief Ogata to plead innocent during trial

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former intelligence chief Shigetake Ogata, who will go on trial over his alleged involvement in a fraud involving the pro-Pyongyang Korean residents' group. He intends to plead innocent, retracting his admission during questioning by prosecutors, sources close to the matter said Oct. 24. The date of trial has yet to be set. (Kyodo)