His disappearance in 1992 was not connected to North Korea, police said
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Ali Hammad Jumaah is alleged to have fatally strangled his parents-in-law in a dispute over his 1-year-old son
Suspect is believed to have been a member of a fraud ring that operated in operated in Nara, Shimane, Tottori and Kochi prefectures
Suspect denies allegations, telling police he only touched her face
Local police plan to extradite the 15 suspects to Japan
Victim's head showed signs of having been struck with a blunt weapon, police said
Suspects targeted primarily elderly persons in Japan in money-transfer scams, police said
Police seized 52 telephones and 19 computers from a residence in the city of Pattaya last week
Suspect denied fleeing to Thailand, saying, 'I wanted to open a rice cakes shop'
Suspect was accused of confining and extorting 3 male and female Japanese nationals