Japan bills freed hostages

Monday 26 April 2004, 13:29 Makka Time, 10:29 GMT

Hostage relatives may not be so pleased with the price-tag

Japan's government has billed three former hostages held in Iraq and their relatives at least $21,700 towards the cost of bringing them home safely.

A foreign ministry official said on Monday the huge bill was "for air transportation and other costs".

The "other costs" relate to a medical check up in Dubai before flying to Japan with two relatives and a lawyer.

The three - an anti-war activist, an aid worker and a journalist - arrived home traumatised in a blaze of publicity on 18 April after a week-long ordeal at the hands of their Iraqi captors.

Amid an extraordinary backlash criticising them for being "reckless" and for costing the government time and money, they later released a statement apologising for causing trouble to the nation.

Expensive kidnapping

A lawyer for the group, Sayo Saruta, said they had already paid a total of $4000 in hotel and medical fees.

They will also pay a total of $18,200 for round trips between Tokyo and Dubai for the relatives and lawyer and one-way air fares for the three, he said.

Two other Japanese hostages - a journalist and peace activist - were also released unharmed in Iraq on 17 April.
AFP
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/68EE322B-998D-4C7C-80F7-23FB8D3B0C04.htm

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