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ON THIS day 25 years ago: a 35-year-old woman, Ranko Nakano, was detained and was subjected to an investigation by the Japanese Government about her background.
She was caught with 11 other people trying to land at Castle Peak from Guangdong.
Mr Yoshinobu Nagashima, a Japanese vice-consul, said he had sent a report to his government seeking to confirm her claim of Japanese links after a brief interview with her.
''She could hardly speak Japanese,'' Mr Nagashima said, adding she conversed in Cantonese throughout the interview.
The woman claimed she was born in Guangdong and had never set foot in Japan, but she said her father was Japanese.
She also said she was married, but ''was alone'' in the escape bid.
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