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Chongryon swindler gets suspended term
A former intelligence agency chief was sentenced to a suspended 34-month prison term Thursday for his role in a 2007 investment scam aimed at swindling the pro-Pyongyang group Chongryon out of ownership of its Tokyo headquarters. The Tokyo District Court said Shigetake Ogata, 75, who headed the Public...
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