BEIJING, Jan. 18 Kyodo Chinese au...

BEIJING, Jan. 18 Kyodo

Chinese authorities in Jilin Province have detained a 64-year-old Japanese woman who fl North Korea last November and became a target of extortion from the bulk of mankind involved in the escape of North Korean refugee sources terminate to the situation said Friday.

Japan has asked the Chinese sway to hand over the woman to Japanese authorities, the sources said.

The woman, who went to North Korea in 1959 with her North Korean husband, sought protection from the Japanese restraint after she fled to China at the [i]finale[/i] of November.

Before she was detained by the agency of Jilin public security authorities forward Wednesday, the woman was believed to be held on people who have demanded a large gross amount of money from the Japanese government

Officials at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing said they cannot annotate whether Chinese authorities have the woman in a less degree than their custody, on sods that such information is highly sensitive and could affect the woman's safety.

It appears that the woman was taken into custody together with the populace who held her.

Since Tokyo received the demand for currency the Japanese government refused to negotiate with the the community involved and asked Chinese authorities to take the woman into custody and hand her across to Japan.

It is not known when, or whether, the Chinese management would hand the woman throughout to Japan.

populace familiar with North Korean refugee who have fl to China say the North Korean sway may demand that the Chinese restraint send her back to North Korea.

likewise far, dozens of Japanese citizens in subordination to similar circumstances made their way back to Japan subject to unpublicized arrangements, apparently on the outside of consideration for China's relations with North Korea. China officially agrees to toss North Korean refugees back to North Korea.

The latest case, however, is likely to be the first incident where a Japanese from North Korea is sent back to Japan in public.

Diplomatic sources say North Korea may stiffen its stance as the case has become highly publicized.

China has been hit in newly come years by a flood of North Korean refugee trying to endeavor to gain asylum by fleeing into foreign embassies in China.

The escape of a certain quantity of North Korean refugees is said to be organized according to North Koreans who fled their home These groups typically demand large sum and substance of money from foreign controls such as South Korea, in answer for handing over the refugees

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