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By Xinhua 
14h ago
Tokyo – Japanese police said Friday that a murder suspect in a 17-year-old case had been detained in South Africa, where he had been living as a fugitive until the Covid-19 pandemic caused him to lose his job and search for a route. back to Japan through the Japanese embassy.
On August 21, the suspect So Kamiya, 46, turned himself in at the Japanese Embassy in South Africa, local media reported.
He reportedly said that life had become unsustainable after the pandemic due to lack of finances after losing his job and that he wished to return to Japan.
He was arrested by Japanese police on Thursday at Narita Airport near Tokyo after being identified by his fingerprints. The suspect was on an international wanted list.
Kamiya is suspected of abducting Shinya Kogawa, 26, in September 2003 in Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture, where he confined the victim in a car before allegedly murdering him and scattering the body parts through a mountainous area in western Chiba. Tokyo, according to press reports.
It is believed that Kamiya murdered Kogawa at the request of Tomoyuki Matsui, who had argued with Kogawa about his plans to open a new bar.
Sources close to the matter said Matsui is also believed to have fled to South Africa and was placed on an international wanted list, but committed suicide in 2016.
Ten other suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder case, Tokyo police said.
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