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Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat theft

Tōkyō :: Japan | Jun 19, 7:59 PM | Event Rating: 0
Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat theft
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The group used the meat as evidence to claim that there'd been a massive theft of whale meat from the Japanese whaling program. Police have raided the office of the environmental group in Tokyo and arrested two of its senior activists. The men last ...
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Source: Guardian Unlimited | Jun 20, 4:20 AM

Police in Japan arrested two Greenpeace activists today on suspicion of stealing a consignment of whale meat they used as evidence for claims that Japanese whalers had pilfered prime cuts of meat for sale on the black market. According to police, ...

Source: The Mercury | Jun 20, 3:00 AM

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Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Jun 20, 2:42 AM

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Source: Associated Press | Jun 20, 2:41 AM

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Source: NewKerala | Jun 20, 1:24 AM

J unichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, of the environmental group were arrested on suspicion of theft and unlawful entry, according to the investigation. The two members broke into the delivery company's office April 16 and stole a box of whale ...

Source: Channel NewsAsia | Jun 19, 11:14 PM

Japanese police on Friday arrested two Greenpeace activists on allegations of stealing whale meat as part of the environmentalists' campaign against whaling. Police raided five places including the environmental group's Japan headquarters in Tokyo's ...

Source: Japan Today | Jun 19, 7:59 PM

Police arrested two members of Greenpeace Japan on Friday on suspicion of stealing a box of whale meat in connection with the conservationist group’s claim that crew members of a Japanese whaling ship had themselves stolen the meat. Arrested on ...

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