A man prays on Friday at the site where the body of a murdered 9-year-old Vietnamese girl was found in Abiko, near Tokyo. A man in his 40s has been arrested in connection with the case. (Kyodo photo)CHIBA, JAPAN - A man in his 40s was arrested on Friday in connection with the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl whose body was found last month near a drainage ditch in Chiba prefecture northeast of Tokyo, investigative sources said. The arrest of the local man concerns the abandonment of her body, not the murder itself. A vehicle carrying a man arrested in connection with the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl arrives at Abiko police station near Tokyo on Friday.

Source: Bangkok Post April 14, 2017 03:22 UTC