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Japanese Red army ex member convicted
Tokyo, Japan - 12 years inprisonment for a 1970 hijacking
Japanese justice condemned Yoshimi Tanaka, a 53 years old Japanese Red Army member, to 12 years inprisonment for 1970 Jal flight hijacking to North Korea. Tanaka has been arrested only in June 2000 after many years hiding from justice. According to judge Masako Ogura, "that was a very serious case nearly able to cause an international crisis and, as the first hijacking ever in Japan, deeply shocking...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 23745
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency