Name Sin Gwang-su | Role Spy | |
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 1980s.
Shin Gwang-su is believed to have participated in the disappearance of Hara Tadaaki in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, in June 1980. A United Nations report concludes that the DPRK agent Shin Gwang-su later passed himself off as Mr Hara in Japan. He also used his passport and travelled to different countries including to the ROK. He was arrested, tried and imprisoned in the ROK. After his arrest, he admitted to the ROK authorities that he was involved in abducting Mr Hara and relocating him to the DPRK.