Belgian king speaks out

Wednesday 23 October 1996 23:02 BST

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King Albert of Belgium called for international co-operation to stamp out the kind of exploitation of children and trade in humans seen in his country's paedophile scandal.

In Japan for a five-day state visit, the king said Belgium and Japan must "act resolutely against these two terrible moral plagues", and added that "co-operation between nations [is] urgently needed". Reuter - Tokyo

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