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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-04 11:18 PM
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Alleged US deserter scheduled to meet Indonesian leader
AFP , JAKARTA

A former US soldier who is alleged to have deserted to North Korea four decades ago was to meet Indonesian President Mega-wati Sukarnoputri yesterday, an Indonesian official said.

Charles Robert Jenkins, his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga and their two daughters are sche-duled to meet Megawati at her private residence at 5pm, said presidential spokesman Garibaldi Sujatmiko.

Jenkins, who is suffering complications from earlier stomach surgery and other ailments, is set to travel to Japan today for medical treatment despite attempts by Washington to pursue legal action against him.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/18/2003179431
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-04 01:11 AM
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1. He's of no value any more
I take a pretty dim view of people who desert to join up with the North Koreans, but it has been 39 years, he's not in the know about anything and he is very sick. I don't think he should be allowed back into the US, but I just don't see the point in charging him, unless there is specific evidence that he participated in a terrorist plot.
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