OSAKA, Dec 17 (News On Japan) –
A person arrested in Osaka Prefecture for abandoning his obligation of care wore a T-shirt that learn “I refuse questioning,” which police confiscated, citing it as a “dangerous item,” a lawyer has revealed.
According to lawyer Ado Matsumoto, the person, who’s in his 50s and resides in Osaka, was detained in early December on suspicion of abandonment leading to dying and held on the Habikino Police Station.
Matsumoto, advising the person to stay silent throughout questioning, supplied him with a T-shirt bearing the phrase “I refuse questioning.”
However, on December eleventh, the day after the shirt was given to the person, cops claimed that the shirt’s messaging was problematic and confiscated it. When additional inquiries have been made, the police responded that the T-shirt constituted a “dangerous item.”
“I could hardly believe it when I heard they considered it a dangerous item,” stated Matsumoto.
The lawyer criticized the police’s actions, stating, “Labeling inconvenient words as ‘dangerous items’ reflects a dangerous system on the part of the police and raises constitutional concerns.” Matsumoto is looking for a reversal of the choice.
Source: KTV NEWS