1.   A group of exiled students said on Tuesday that the Myanmar military abducted two of their leaders from China.

2.   The Amnesty International human rights group urged Indonesia on Monday to allow a fact-finding team to investigate accusations that the military abducted and tortured pro-democracy activists.

3.   The Japanese military systematically abducted the Chinese and forced them to work for Japanese companies to make up for a labor shortage at home.

4.   The Japanese wartime military systematically abducted Chinese and forced them to work for Japanese companies to make up for a labor shortage at home.

5.   The military often abducted moderately prosperous businessmen or travellers who were held in the secret prisons while the families were extorted for ransom, the report said.