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Japan confirms that a Japanese citizen was arrested in Hong Kong on August 31, Yoshihide Suga: verifying the reason for detention

2020-09-03T14:57:34.388Z


Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported on September 3 that a Japanese national in his 30s who claimed to be a freelance journalist was arrested in Hong Kong on August 31. The Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed that there was a Japanese national on the same day. August 31


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Written by: He Wenhan

2020-09-03 22:41

Last update date: 2020-09-03 22:43

Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported on September 3 that a Japanese national in his 30s who claimed to be a freelance journalist was arrested in Hong Kong on August 31. The Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed that there was a Japanese national on the same day. He was detained in Hong Kong on August 31 and was granted bail on September 1 the next day. He said that Japan was verifying the reason for the detention and the identity of the person.

Kyodo News reported that Yoshihide Suga stated at a press conference on September 3 that he had received a report and was verifying the reason for detention and the identity of the person through the Japanese Consulate in Hong Kong.

The picture shows the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga arriving at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to attend the ascension ceremony of Emperor Naruhito on May 1, 2019.

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According to the report, according to the consulate-general, the Hong Kong police said that they had not confirmed that the person has Japanese nationality.

Reporting and quoting the disclosure of friends of the arrested persons, the person involved was a male who was born in Hong Kong in 1983 and lived in Kyoto City, Japan from 1998 to 2016. He later returned to Hong Kong and held a Japanese media press card to interview the protest march against the government.

According to reports, the arrested person claimed to a friend that he was of mixed blood from Hong Kong and Japan and had no Japanese nationality.

According to Sankei Shimbun, the freelance journalist has been filming anti-revision demonstrations in Hong Kong since 2019, and his Facebook has not been updated since the "8.31 anniversary" incident.

The Hong Kong police later stated that a total of 15 people were arrested that day. Among them, a 36-year-old Japanese man had a suspected air gun seized on his body. He was arrested for possession of imitation firearms. He has been released on bail pending further investigation and must report to the police in early October. .

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