Osaka Katsuya's Election Poster Was Labeled with "China"
On March 4, the Mie Prefectural Police submitted documents to the prosecutors, accusing a man in his 50s of violating the Public Offices Election Act. The man was accused of attaching paper with the character "China" to the election poster of candidate Osaka Katsuya during the House of Representatives vote counting election on February 8.
According to the second investigation section of the Mie Prefectural Police Headquarters, the man is suspected of attaching white paper with red characters "China" to the lower left corner of Osaka's campaign poster on January 27 in Sanae City, and placing similar paper on two bulletin boards in the city on February 3, and also painting black spray paint on one of the posters on the bulletin board.
On February 6, Osaka Katsuya's office submitted a damage report, and the police found images of the man near the bulletin boards through surveillance cameras. In addition, it is said that the man also distributed defamatory flyers about Osaka near JR Sanae Station.
Osaka Katsuya pointed out, "The incident was triggered by watching videos without basis," and commented, "This is an act of undermining a fair election."
Osaka lost in this House of Representatives election. The day before the vote counting, Osaka gave a street speech, saying, "The online world is full of defamation against me. Don't be misled by some distorted information."
Last November, when Takahashi Hayato was questioned by Osaka in the House of Representatives Budget Committee, she said, "The (Taiwan emergency) might be a crisis for survival." This statement exceeded the previous government's expressions, leading to deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations, and there were also criticisms of Osaka online.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858776811923466/
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