3 sumo wrestlers get suspended terms for fatal hazing of teen stablemate

Thursday 18th December, 04:15 AM JST

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billclinton at 07:47 PM JST - 18th December

What should of happened is this: 3 sumos set lose in down town Baghdad wearing only thongs.
billclinton at 07:48 PM JST - 18th December

If I were Saito's dad, I'd be prowling the sumo stables with a metal bat and looking for three ex-sumo wrestles celebrating their freedom. Whack

me too.
billclinton at 07:51 PM JST - 18th December

The cause of death was initially believed to have been acute heart failure, leading police to determine at first that there was no foul play.

But an autopsy conducted at the request of the victim’s family later revealed that Saito had actually died from shock as a result of multiple trauma

Yo mod, Could I please repeat the "F" word many many many times? Could I please? Because my heart feels so sick right now.
Kokubuspider at 08:30 PM JST - 18th December

So you get jail for fraud, but not for beating somebody to death.. disgusting judicial system, glad im leaving.
BBLeo at 08:41 PM JST - 18th December

I remember a while back reading articles about this incident. Suspending sentence again, or jail full by any chance, perhaps cells to small to accommodate them? Young tad is six feet under and those gorillas are walking around free. I do not agree with such sentence. I would love to be their judge, and you will see what will I gave them. I don't see justice being done here and I'm sorry for victim’s father.
electric2004 at 10:19 PM JST - 18th December

Ashizawa pointed out that the instructions from masters at sumo stables are considered ‘‘absolute,’

The judge has to follow the law and the constitution of the country and not the strange ideas of a stablemaster. Did the judge forgot that?
Potsu at 11:26 PM JST - 18th December

Cool country...suspended sentence for murder !
WilliB at 11:49 PM JST - 18th December

Shame!

No more sumo for me. There is more integrity in pro-wrestling.
BlackFlag at 01:52 AM JST - 19th December

The cause of death was initially believed to have been acute heart failure, leading police to determine at first that there was no foul play.

nonsense, the police tried to cover it up. disgusting.
DoctorLady at 02:03 AM JST - 19th December

Thank goodness they murdered someone instead of playing soccer (football) in Mongolia. Asashouryu played soccer at a charity event while injured at the request of the Mongolian and Japanese Governments only to have the Sumo Association call him a liar and suspend him from competing. Wakanoho (a Russian) was expelled from sumo for possessing a marijuana cigarette and admitting it was his. Two other Russian sumo wrestlers were expelled for maybe having smoked marijuana at some point. However, when a Japanese sumo wrestler murdered an innocent person in a hit and run accident, he also received a suspended sentence. What is the lesson here? Is murder okay? Only if you are a Japanese sumo wrestler? The double standard and murders shame sumo more than the bad behavior and petty crimes.
mhard1 at 02:19 AM JST - 19th December

its a difficult case. it is very sad what happened. however, joining sumo is a dangerous thing to do. i think it is a shame but to be that tough, they go through that training. i dont think it was right, and i think the stablemaster should have let the young guy go since he wasnt cut to be a sumo wrestler. but ....man this sux.
sf2k at 02:35 AM JST - 19th December

It was my introduction to watching sumo that lead me to learning Japanese (not your usual route) and I was a fan for years. Ever since this and other questionable antics of the JCA I am a fan no longer. For the Justice Department to accept the 'i'm just following orders' defence is a shock to any person of justice. I used to think the cultural shock between myself and Japan was just a learning process. But this I cannot accept. Sadly this isn't even news really.

paolo27th :: I'm so disgusted right now. This article encapsulates everything that is wrong with Japan.

agreed
sf2k at 02:36 AM JST - 19th December

oops typo JCA read JSA
MeanRingo at 06:09 AM JST - 19th December

sick sick sick.
Molenir at 11:15 PM JST - 21st December

Murder...

Ooh, you bad boys. But oh well, someone else told you to do it, so I guess its not your fault.

Eh, what?

Yay Sumo!