TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 61-year-old man from Osaka Prefecture who’s suspected of fraudulently internet hosting a weblog with private accounts selling youngster prostitution in Laos, stories Jiji Press (Jan. 29).
According to police, Hiroshi Kida, a part-time employee from Kawachinagano City, Osaka, is suspected of submitting a false tackle and cellphone quantity when signing a contract for a server to host a web-based weblog in October of final yr.
When questioned on suspicion of illegally creating and offering personal digital information, Kida denied the fees. “A man I met in Laos asked me to lend him my address as he wanted to register a server but didn’t have one in Japan,” he mentioned.
“Emperor of Laos”
The weblog was created by an individual calling himself “Laozi, Emperor of Laos,” who posted private accounts of kid prostitution in Laos. Following a number of stories of potential youngster pornography within the Southeast Asian nation, Tokyo police started investigating the weblog’s operation.
The weblog additionally featured images believed to be of Laotian ladies. A search of the suspect’s dwelling in March of final yr revealed images an identical to these posted on the weblog saved on the suspect’s laptop and smartphone.
The suspect has traveled to Laos 17 instances, and a number of the images had been taken on dates that matched the time of his travels.
As nicely, a deposit file of roughly 550,000 yen, believed to be gross sales, was present in an account underneath the suspect’s title.
Police are investigating the case in cooperation with Laotian police.
In June final yr, the Japanese Embassy in Laos issued a warning on its web site after posts suggesting youngster prostitution in Laos by Japanese folks had been confirmed. “Not only will these be subject to crackdowns under Laotian law, but they will also be punished under Japanese law as crimes committed overseas,” the embassy mentioned.