Two people, including a pension employee in their twenties, were sent documents on suspicion of violating the Natural Parks Act, alleging that they had cut down endangered species and other endemic plants in a national park in the Ogasawara Islands, a world natural heritage site. rice field.
This is the first time a case has been filed on this charge over plants in the Ogasawara Islands.
The documents were sent to two people, a 28-year-old pension employee and a 25-year-old civilian worker who both live in Ogasawara Village.
According to the Police Agency, in September last year, in a national park on Hahajima in Ogasawara Village, the two of them used 17 species of 9 types, including endangered species, such as the endangered species "Ogasawara Biro", without permission. There is a suspicion of violating the Natural Parks Act as it was cut down.
The site was designated as a "special protection area" in the national park that needs special protection, and a local guide discovered it and notified the Metropolitan Police Department.
In response to any questioning, he admitted that he was accused and said, "I wanted to fish in a place that no one had ever been to, so I cut and broke plants to make a way."
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, it is the first time that a case has been filed on suspicion of violating the Natural Parks Act over the plants of the Ogasawara Islands, which are a World Natural Heritage Site.