A Japanese-Brazilian who was accused of kidnapping and killing in Brazil 21 years ago in a case where a man who was the owner of a host club was taken away by car and found in the body in Nagoya city, based on a request for proxy punishment from the Japanese government. Both of the two men were sentenced to 30 years in prison by a local court.
In September 2001, Harumi Inagaki (54 at the time), who runs a host club on the streets of Naka-ku, Nagoya, was shot in the belly with a pistol and taken away by car. It was found.
Several Japanese have been convicted so far, and the Japanese government has reported two Japanese-Brazilian defendants, Marcelo Yokoyama (42) and Alexandre Miura (44), who returned to Brazil after the incident. Asked the Brazilian side to impose a surrogate punishment, and Brazilian prosecutors charged the two with kidnapping and death five years ago.
At the trial, the defense alleged that he was "forced to commit the crime without being informed of the kidnapping plan," but a court in the city of São Paulo said on the 28th that "the two were central to the kidnapping in a carefully planned crime." There is a consensus testimony that they have played such a role. "
Defendant Yokoyama's lawyer told NHK on the 29th, "I believe that the decision will be overturned," and expressed his intention to proceed with the appeal in the future.