Xinhua News Agency Tokyo | A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Japan responded to a reporter's question on July 27 regarding Japan's announcement of the indictment of Kodai Murata, pointing out that this matter exposed the rampant far-right ideological trends and forces in Japan, and Japan must take responsibility and make a responsible explanation to China and the international community.
The spokesperson said that on March 24, active Japanese Self-Defense Force officers broke into the Chinese Embassy with knives and issued violent threats to China, which seriously violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, seriously violated China's sovereignty and dignity, seriously threatened the personal safety of Chinese diplomats and the safety of diplomatic facilities, and had extremely negative consequences.The facts of the relevant case are clear and the evidence is conclusive.
The spokesman said that this incident fully exposed the rampant far-right ideological trends and forces in Japan, the lack of discipline and discipline among the Self-Defense Forces personnel, and also exposed the negative impact of the Japanese government’s wrong policies on history, Taiwan and other major core issues involving China-Japan relations. It has become a social soil for "new militarism" to take hold.China strongly urges Japan to take responsibility, thoroughly investigate the case as soon as possible, dig deep into the root causes, severely punish those involved, prevent such incidents from happening again, and make a responsible account to China and the international community.
According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association on the 27th, Japanese prosecutors on the 27th prosecuted active Japanese Self-Defense Forces officers for breaking into the Chinese Embassy in Japan with a knife in March this year on charges of invading buildings and threatening embassy staff.
The person indicted is Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Third Class Lieutenant Murata Kodai, 24 years old, who is affiliated with the Miyazaki Prefecture Ground Self-Defense Force Ebino Station.In March this year, he carried a knife and broke into the Chinese Embassy in Japan over the wall in Tokyo. He was subsequently arrested by the police.
