Sin Gwang-su in the 1980s.

Sin Gwang-su (Korean: 신광수, Hanja: 辛光洙, Japanese: 立山富蔵 (Tateyama Tomizō), born June 27, 1929) is a North Korean national suspected of espionage for North Korea. He is wanted by Japanese authorities for his alleged participation in abductions of Japanese citizens during the 1970s and 1980s.[1] He's sometimes known as Shin Kwang Soo.[2]

Shin Gwang-su is believed to have participated in the disappearance of Tadaaki Hara in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, in June 1980 with a South Korean national named Kim Kil Uk.[3] A United Nations report concludes that the North Korean agent Shin Gwang-su later passed himself off as Hara in Japan. He also used his passport and traveled to different countries, including South Korea.

History

Gwang-su was apprehended by South Korean law enforcement in 2014, using Tadaaki Hara's name to pass himself off as Japanese.[4]

After his arrest, he admitted to the South Korean authorities that he was involved in abducting Hara and relocating him to North Korea.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kyodo News, 29 September 2011
  2. ↑ https://www.npa.go.jp/keibi/gaiji1/abd_e/shin_kwang_soo_e.html
  3. ↑ https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crime-courts/20231024-145439/
  4. 1 2 Kirby, Michael Donald; Biserko, Sonja; Darusman, Marzuki (7 February 2014). "Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - A/HRC/25/CRP.1". United Nations Human Rights Council: 299–300 (Paragraph 943). Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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