New virus arrested Asahi Kasei section chief on Chinese telephone pole of Hibo February 21 16:19 on February 21
As the infection of the new coronavirus expands, the 58-year-old section manager of a major chemical maker Asahi Kasei was arrested by police for pasting a Chinese leaflet on a telephone pole in Kyoto city that seems to blow Chinese people without permission Was. Asahi Kasei commented on the employee being arrested, saying, "The leaflets do not represent the stance of the company, and we are deeply afraid of those who are displeased by this incident."
The arrested was Satoshi Uchiyama (58) of the Asahi Kasei Fundamental Materials Business Division and head of the Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.
According to the police, Mr. Uchiyama violated the Kyoto city's outdoor advertising regulations, saying that he pasted a Chinese flyer with a content that seems to blow a Chinese person on a telephone pole in Higashiyama Ward at 10 o'clock on the night of 20th Is suspected of.
A man passing by nearby reported that there was a man who was also a Chinese man, and a police officer rushed in and found three identical leaflets in Uchiyama's bag.
Chinese written in the leaflets was incomprehensible, but Uchiyama told police, "The new coronavirus is widespread in China. I want infected Chinese people to come to Japan. I couldn't control my feelings of not being there. "
Asahi Kasei commented on the arrest of the employee, "The leaflet is not a statement of the company's stance, and I am deeply afraid of those who are dissatisfied with this matter. We will consider the disposition of himself in the future I want to. "