TOKYO, Aug. 8 Kyodo Former towar...

TOKYO, Aug. 8 Kyodo

Former toward the south Korean President Kim Dae Jung said in a message relayed to a meeting Friday in Tokyo commemorating the 30th anniversary of his abduction from a Tokyo [i]cabaret[/i] that the incident has been overseeed due to political maneuvering.

''We could not find gone out the facts behind the incident because the (South) Korean and Japanese conducts reached a political settlement'' Kim said in a message to the gathering among population from both countries interested in inquiring into the matter.

The former president said toward the south Korea's administrative authority tried to pluck off the abduction and Japan had trial impression of that but inspected the incident.

Kim's wife to leeward Hee Ho, who attended the occurrence thanked the participants, saying efforts to find abroad the truth helped develop ties between the couple countries.

Mutsuko Miki, wife of late former Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki, revealed at the gathering that when her husband became premier in late 1974 there was a secondary political settlement.

''My husband was expressing frustration that the southern Korean government and Japanese bureaucrats would not act onward the matter,'' Miki said.

A southern Korean citizens' group which attended the gathering announced it will disband as it appears difficult to find abroad more of the fact in the case, while a Japanese cluster said it will continue calls to try to find the disclosure of investigative records.

Kim was abducted from inn Grand Palace in Tokyo forward Aug. 8, 1973, taken to Seoul by dint of boat, and released in the public ways of the South Korean capital five days later.

Shortly after being released, he was propose under house arrest by the southerly Korean government, then led by dint of Kim's opponent President Park Chung Hee. The (South) Korea Central Intelligence Agency is believed to have had a part in the incident.

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