(AP-Japan Times) The Israel-based Shurat HaDin law center won a $330 million U.S. District Court judgment in April over the abduction of a South Korean-born pastor in China and his presumed torture and killing in North Korea 15 years ago. Now, in an effort to collect damages, the center has focused on the Mu Du Bong, a North Korean cargo ship that accidentally ran aground off Mexico last July and has been held in a Mexican port for the past year. The plan is to sell the ship to the highest bidder, with the money going to the South Korean pastor's family.
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