Globe International NGO expresses great sympathy on the murder of the Japanese citizen Shin Kawasaki, who had been working at JICA in Mongolia as a volunteer for the National Public Radio and Television (NPRT). The condolences were published in the 31th number of the "Mongoru Tsushin" /Mongolian news/ a bi-monthly japanese newspaper of the MONTSAME news agency.

Japanese volunteer killed

Daily Newspapers were informed that an advisor to National Public Radio and Television (NPRT), Japanese citizen Shin Kawasaki was found on November 1 killed by strangulation at his home.
Ardyn Erkh Newspaper asserted on November 3 that policemen had arrested some Mongolian men, who had allegedly killed him. The paper wrote that Sukhbaatar District Police’s investigation department Chief P. Batbaatar revealed that Mr Kawasaki was killed by Mongolians for his possessions and had opened investigations.

NPRT informed police that 69-year old Shin Kawasaki, who had been working at JICA in Mongolia as a volunteer, had not come to a scheduled meeting on Tuesday evening, JICA workers went to his home and he was found to have been strangled and bound hands and feet in his bathroom.

In October, 2005 Shin Kawasaki arrived in Mongolia for the second time through JICA. First he arrived in Mongolia in 2001 and had worked as an advisor to the Japanese language unit of Mongolian Radio for two years. As there was much to learn from the skilled specialist, former National Television director Ch. Kulanda invited him to work at the television station. Kawasaki was giving advice on the operation of public television and was working on a project to renew equipment. On the last day he was seen, he spoke to the television director about the project. His colleague said that he has seemed normakl when he was there that day. As he usually arrived at work early, workers were alerted and tried to contact him by telephone. Criminals stole a notebook, camera and mobile phone from his home.

Odriin Sonin Newspaper reported on November 4 that on November 3 the General Police Office revealed that the deputy head of ‘Total Mongols’ movement S. Tserendorj murdered the Japanese man. S. Tserendorj was reported to have been in prison before. He was released under the amnesty law.

Source: the Mongol Messenger, weekly newspaper