A U.S. military defense lawyer may meet with accused deserter Charles Jenkins by the end of this week, Japanese government sources said Monday.
A U.S. military spokesman said the United States has provided Japan with defense counsel information, indicating the U.S. military and Japanese government are already in contact about having Jenkins meet the independent military lawyer to discuss the charges leveled against him.
Jenkins, who is married to repatriated Pyongyang abductee Hitomi Soga, is accused of deserting and defecting to North Korea in 1965.