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'Ex-Japanese Officer Ordered to Keep Quiet on Kim DJ Abduction'

Written: 2010-05-10 17:41:00Updated: 2010-05-10 18:56:04

'Ex-Japanese Officer Ordered to Keep Quiet on Kim DJ Abduction'

A recently published book claims a former Japanese military officer who knew the South Korean government was involved in the 1973 kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung was ordered by the Japanese government to keep quiet about the case and hide from the media.

The book "The Kim Dae-jung Incident - The Final Scoop" was written by Yoshimasa Furuno, a former reporter for the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.

The book says that the 75-year-old former Ground Self-Defense Force officer received the order to maintain his silence and hide in Shizuoka Prefecture for a certain period of time.

The book claims that the officer received the order from then Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masaharu Gotoda, who gave him 13 million yen so he could go into hiding.

According to the book, Gotoda wanted to conceal the fact that the abduction was carried out by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency’s secret agents.

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