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In a rare act of defiance, a North Korean border guard kills his superiors and then crosses 500 meters to South Korea. Hope his family stays alive in North Korea after this incident. (CNN – North Korean)
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Most of you won’t have heard of any of the players involved. This is a story about a leader, Bo Xilai of Chongqing, one of the largest cities in the world. It’s in China. His wife allegedly was involved in killing a British businessman, Neil Heywood. The police chief, a colleague of Bo, decided to leave friendship aside and work on the case. The story is unfolding as we speak. Some of the players like Bo haven’t been seen in public in a month. The police chief nearly sought asylum in the US and is now in trouble. That’s a photo of Bo below. Seen him? (Reuters – Murder)
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Makoto Hirata turned himself into authorities after being on the run for 17 years. It’s not that he escaped arrest, but he was part of the Aum Shinrikyo Cult which sarin gassed subways and killed 13 and injuring thousands. The key which as mentioned in some articles, is that he was involved in a kidnapping and murder in 1995. At the time, there was a 15 year statue of limitations to murder, which has been extended now to 30 years and his case barely beat the passing of this bill. From a quote in Asahi, Hirata’s statement includes, “I decided that I wanted to turn myself in as soon as possible because the statute of limitations (for the Kunimatsu shooting) had expired and there was no way now that I would be arrested for a mistaken cause,” (Asahi – Makoto Hirata)
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Random Task, Joseph Hyungmin Son from Austen Powers shows his strength. He allegedly killed his roommate who was a child sex offender. (LA Times – Joe Son Kills Roommate) We just reported about him on September 20th, and he’s back in the news just weeks later.
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Missing for months, Michelle Le‘s body was found late last week, and announced just on saturday. It’s still disconcerting that although she went missing, there’s plenty of others missing who get no news at all. It’s still a mystery as to why certain people get the help of media and most don’t. It’s almost as if it’s a lotto to get picked for a feature. Her body is now found and there’s even a suspect who was once her friend and had a falling out that may have led to this crime. (unioncity.patch – Michelle Le)
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