Submission of ethnic discrimination ao Summary order for fine of 300,000 yen for violation of the ordinance 18:25 on December 27, Kanagawa Prefecture
A man in his 50s in Kanagawa Prefecture was briefly charged with violating the Ordinance for Prevention of Harassment Acts and repeatedly issued a summary order with a fine of 300,000 yen, as he repeatedly posted posts that raised ethnic discrimination on Twitter, for example, blaming the honor of Korean women in Japan received.
The brief indictment is a 51-year-old man living in Kanagawa Prefecture.
According to the indictment, etc., four posts were made on Twitter from 2016 to 2017 to raise ethnic discrimination and disparaged the honor of Korean Choi Eiko (46), a Korean living in Kawasaki City. That is.
The prosecutor prosecuted a summary indictment on the 27th for violating the Kanagawa Prefectural Ordinance for Preventing Harassment, and the court issued a summary order for a fine of 300,000 yen.
Three years ago, after participating in a rally against groups of hate speeches, Choi was repeatedly injured on Twitter, and the police who consulted sent documents to him for alleged intimidation. Because of this, Choi had filed a criminal complaint in February for alleged violation of the harassment prevention ordinance.
Choi and his lawyers held a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, saying that social justice that criminal liability could be blamed for anonymous postings on the Internet. We are hoping for further legislation to stop such damage as soon as possible. "
According to lawyers, it is the first time that a harassment ordinance has been applied to criminal cases involving hate speech.