[MSN] Japan. 100-kg gold bar heist suspect charged for stealing pure gold fish

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100-kg gold bar heist suspect charged for stealing pure gold fish
 
The fish that O is alleged to have stolen from the Taio Kanayama display in
Hita, Oita Prefecture. (Mainichi)OITA
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20071122p2a00m0na020000c.html 

 -- A South Korean man already indicted for stealing a 200 million yen gold
bar from a Gifu Prefecture museum in March has been charged with the 2006
theft of a pure gold fish from another display, police said.

O Kil-sing, 41, unemployed of Kitakyushu, was arrested for theft after he
allegedly stole a golden sea bream that had been on display at the Taio
Kinzan service area in Hita, Oita Prefecture.

O had already been charged with the March theft of a 100-kilogram gold bar
from a tourist facility in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, in March.

Police said that at some time from the afternoon of Feb. 12, 2006, until the
morning of the following day, O stole one of the two pure gold fish on
display, as well as over 100 precious metal items with a total value of
about 67 million yen.

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