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Japanese swimmer Tomita still in Korea after paying fine for stealing camera

 

Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita remains in South Korea despite being cleared to return home after paying a fine for stealing a camera at the Asian Games.

Tomita was expelled from the Games and told he had to pay his own way home after he admitted to stealing a camera valued at 8 million won ($7,600) from a journalist working for a South Korean news agency.

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