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KCNA Takes Ultra-Right Forces of Japan Accountable

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The chief cabinet secretary of Japan was reported to have recently announced that the DNA test of the remains of Japanese woman Megumi Yokota proved that they were bones of two others different from hers. This insistence on the part of the ultra-right elements of Japan is a despicable act, a departure from the normal way of thinking, as the husband of the deceased directly handed her remains over to the head of the Japanese government delegation, free from any involvement of the third party, when it came to Pyongyang for the inter-governmental working contact.
    They reneged on the agreement made between the two governments on the "abduction issue" in the past and now they are insisting that the DNA test proved negative. This false propaganda compels the DPRK to suspect the ulterior aim sought by Japan in persistently raising a hue and cry over the "solution to the issue of abduction."
    As already known, the DPRK sent surviving Japanese abductees and their children to Japan under the agreement reached at the DPRK-Japan summit, set up a state-sponsored investigation committee and has conducted sincere investigation to confirm the whereabouts of those whose fate the Japanese side claimed "unknown."
    The DPRK side arranged interviews with many witnesses so that the death of those whose fate is unknown might be confirmed and handed to the Japanese side not only their unearthed remains but materials and articles left by them. This is just an example of the work done by the committee.
    The same is the case with that of Megumi. Her husband who is now alive directly involved himself in the handover of her remains.
    If, as the Japanese side claims, he handed the remains of other persons to the Japanese side, what did he expect from doing so?
    It is something unimaginable that her husband handed to the Japanese side the remains of other persons, not hers.
    Then there is a question as to why these ultra-right elements are so adamant in their insistence that the DPRK side handed false remains to the Japanese side.
    Explicitly speaking, they do not truly seek an earlier settlement of the "abduction issue."
    What they seek is to drag on the solution to the issue, while making profound confusing of the right and the wrong, in a bid to damage the image of the DPRK and help their country evade its obligation to settle its past wrongs, a pending issue in the bilateral relations.
    Another aim sought by them is to stoke bitterness toward the DPRK among Japanese under the pretext of "their sentiment" in an effort to escalate Japan's hostile policy toward the DPRK and create atmosphere favorable for implementing their policy to veer the Japanese society to the Right.
    The Japanese ultra-right elements have so far pretended to sympathize with the abductees but, in fact, they have invariably used the issue as a leverage for attaining their political design against the DPRK.
    It is, therefore, clear that the recent published results of the DNA test were a product of the carefully pre-arranged political scenario for attaining a specific purpose.
    The moral vulgarity of the ultra-right elements of Japan has seriously damaged the political image of Japan as they have behaved uncouthly bereft of elementary morality and good faith to be observed among countries while seeking their own glory and partisan interests.
    Now that the ultra-right elements of Japan insist that the remains are not those of Megumi despite the DPRK side's sincere efforts to confirm whereabouts of those Japanese whose fate they claimed "unknown", the DPRK can not but urge the Japanese side to return them just as they were along with the DNA test data as demanded by the husband of Megumi.
    The Japanese ultra-right elements should bear full responsibility for having made a mockery of the investigation into the whereabouts of the above-said persons and hindered the investigation committee from properly conducting its activities.