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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1998
Page
5
Sub-Inspector Basil Tissera, 24, allegedly demanded 160 dollars to drop a bigamy probe in Negombo near Colombo. Officials staged a sting. he coughed up the money but later appeared before Magistrate Surani Perera and was jailed until February 26.
Former British POWs in Tokyo dismissed Prime Minister Hashimoto’s wartime apology as insufficient and aimed at a tabloid. Veteran Arthur Titherington, 77, called the Sun message cruel, saying the apology should have been directed to them rather than tabloids while testifying in a Tokyo District Court suit demanding official compensation and acknowledgment.
Ebonyi State Health Commissioner Ekuma Oji Uzo said about one million people in eastern Nigeria are river blind or at risk, with around two thousand already blinded. Health workers target 850 villages most affected, as the disease threatens some 18 million globally. Transmitted by river-breeding flies, it can be prevented with aerial spraying and timely treatment.
Shokei Arai, 50, a Japanese lawmaker under arrest risk over bribe allegations from a brokerage firm, killed himself in a Tokyo hotel room hours before a planned arrest. Witnesses said he proclaimed innocence and urged reporters to note his last words as officials probe financial ties.
Indonesia's richest trio donated food and cash to the poor to calm rioters targeting ethnic Chinese amid soaring prices and IMF bailout austerity. In Kendari on Sulawesi, hundreds of police fought fires as mobs attacked Chinese shops. 12 stores burned and transport halted.
North Korea sent letters to South Korean leaders including the president elect urging reconciliation and dialogue to end decades of confrontation. Kim Yong Sun said Pyongyang is ready to negotiate with any South Korean party or organization, signaling a shift in policy. Kim Dae jung’s NCP welcomed the move as a sign of change.
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