China News Service, June 27. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), a Japanese man shouted that he was "infected with the new crown virus" in a large electrical store in Nagoya City in March. He was later accused of obstructing business crime. On June 26, the Nagoya District Court sentenced the man to 10 months’ imprisonment.
According to reports, the defendant lives in Nagoya City and is 43 years old. He is a dispatched employee. In March, he shouted to the staff at an electrical store in Nagoya, "I was infected with the new crown virus", which caused the store to have to disinfect the store. For this reason, the man was charged with the crime of obstructing business.
During the trial, the defendant man said: "The waiting time for the mobile phone signing process is too long, and I am impatient, so I joked about that sentence."
Nagoya District Court Judge Tanabe Mikoko pointed out in the reading of the verdict: "It can be thought that this is a reckless speech by the defendant after drunkenness, but considering that the new crown epidemic had developed into a serious social problem at that time, the defendant's speech not only affected the store's business, but also It has caused major social impact and the consequences are very serious."
Judge Tanabe announced that the defendant was sentenced to 10 months in prison. After reading the verdict, Judge Tanabe said to the defendant: "The impact of your actions is beyond expectations, so the actual sentence is inevitable."