Korean defendant sentenced to jail sentence 17:42 on January 30, 2015
In a trial of a South Korean defendant accused of attempting to kill a man in an attempt to kill a man, the Tokyo District Court said in a trial in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, that he had cut off an employee of an NHK contractor with a knife. It is a crime that is never allowed in a democratic society. "
Defendant Lee Jae-hyun, a 48-year-old Korean, met a male employee of an NHK outsourced video production company on the street in front of the NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo in May. He was charged with attempted murder and other injuries for severe cuts and injuries.
At trial, the defendant stated that he had no memory, and the lawyer pleaded guilty.
"The defendant has attacked a man working at the leading media outlet, NHK, as a means of expressing his own dissatisfaction with the Japanese media," said Tokyo District Court Judge Kazuo Sasaki. It is a crime that is unacceptable in democratic societies, trying to block the freedom of the press by threatening the safety of human beings. "