Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Huw Edwards (Labour), on Wednesday, 3 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 119 members in total.

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Mr Katsuhiko Oku

That this House expresses its deepest sympathy to the family of the Japanese Diplomat Mr Katsuhiko Oku who was killed in Iraq with a fellow diplomat Mr Masamori Inoue from the Japanese Embassy in Jordan and their driver Jerjis Sulaiman Zora while travelling to a reconstruction conference in Tikrit; notes that Mr Oku was serving in the Japanese Embassy in London and was known to the honourable and Right honourable members of the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group and to the Parliamentary Rugby Team for whom he helped organise a tour of Japan and against whom he played; and extends its condolences to His Excellency Ambassador Orita and members of the Embassy on the tragic loss of their colleague.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

204 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Death Diplomatic service Iraq Japan

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk