支援活動家ビデオ公開 Footage adds to refugee mystery(AP)(ゾンビ)
2006-05-08 14:09:56
(2003.02.20 14:10:04JST)
Footage adds to refugee mystery
(South China Morning Post 2003.02.20 China)
ASSOCIATED PRESS in Tokyo
Video footage broadcast in Tokyo yesterday showed guards shoving people believed to be North Korean asylum seekers out of a Japanese government-run facility in Beijing, contradicting Japanese statements that they had entered without incident.
Diplomats said four individuals - a man, a woman, a boy and a girl - entered the compound on Tuesday and were being questioned about a letter that the Japanese Embassy said asked for asylum in Japan. It was not clear how they got into the school after being pushed out.
Asylum seekers are an especially sensitive issue for Japan. Its government was criticised at home and traded accusations with China last year after police entered the Japanese Consulate in Shenyang and seized five North Koreans. They were later allowed to leave for South Korea.
The videotape released yesterday by a refugee activist group showed guards pushing the woman, boy and girl out of the school compound and closing the gate. The girl is shown handing a folded piece of paper - possibly the letter requesting asylum - to a guard, but he throws it to the ground outside the gate.
The activist group said on its Web site that it had helped the asylum seekers. It said they had been living in China since 1997, and appealed to Japan to grant them asylum.
Japanese diplomats said they were trying to confirm the nationality of the latest four, who they said were moved to a Japanese consular office.
The school is run by the Japanese government for children of Japanese families living in Beijing. Most guards at foreign-run facilities in Beijing are Chinese and hired through China's Foreign Ministry or other government employment agencies.
In Tokyo, the Japanese government's chief spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, said it was considering whether to send the four to another country. But he said any decision would be made only after officials had finished questioning them.
China is obliged by a treaty with North Korea to send home North Korean escapees. It has stepped up security around foreign offices in hopes of heading off asylum bids.
However, it has not sent North Koreans home in cases that become public, possibly for fear of an international backlash.
Footage adds to refugee mystery
(South China Morning Post 2003.02.20 China)
ASSOCIATED PRESS in Tokyo
Video footage broadcast in Tokyo yesterday showed guards shoving people believed to be North Korean asylum seekers out of a Japanese government-run facility in Beijing, contradicting Japanese statements that they had entered without incident.
Diplomats said four individuals - a man, a woman, a boy and a girl - entered the compound on Tuesday and were being questioned about a letter that the Japanese Embassy said asked for asylum in Japan. It was not clear how they got into the school after being pushed out.
Asylum seekers are an especially sensitive issue for Japan. Its government was criticised at home and traded accusations with China last year after police entered the Japanese Consulate in Shenyang and seized five North Koreans. They were later allowed to leave for South Korea.
The videotape released yesterday by a refugee activist group showed guards pushing the woman, boy and girl out of the school compound and closing the gate. The girl is shown handing a folded piece of paper - possibly the letter requesting asylum - to a guard, but he throws it to the ground outside the gate.
The activist group said on its Web site that it had helped the asylum seekers. It said they had been living in China since 1997, and appealed to Japan to grant them asylum.
Japanese diplomats said they were trying to confirm the nationality of the latest four, who they said were moved to a Japanese consular office.
The school is run by the Japanese government for children of Japanese families living in Beijing. Most guards at foreign-run facilities in Beijing are Chinese and hired through China's Foreign Ministry or other government employment agencies.
In Tokyo, the Japanese government's chief spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, said it was considering whether to send the four to another country. But he said any decision would be made only after officials had finished questioning them.
China is obliged by a treaty with North Korea to send home North Korean escapees. It has stepped up security around foreign offices in hopes of heading off asylum bids.
However, it has not sent North Koreans home in cases that become public, possibly for fear of an international backlash.
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