Aichi policeman held for trespassing in temple

Sunday 26th October, 02:14 PM JST

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Kokubuspider at 05:45 PM JST - 26th October

Where do i start...i believe theres more to this story than meets the eye.
realist at 06:17 PM JST - 26th October

kokubuspider

Hmmm I also think there is a lot more to this story than meets the eye. Why should anyone be arrested for simply looking at a night view? This country is so wierd at times. Beautiful views, meant to be enjoyed, but you can get arrested for being in the grounds of a temple after midnight? I thought those places were free to visit at any time of the day or night.

Mybe the two guys were lovers, who knows? It will be interesting to see how this story develops.... Sounds like a good plot for a Japanese TV Drama!
ptolemy at 07:12 PM JST - 26th October

Wow he should have gone to after work drinking and worked the free overtime. I think his superiors mailed him for something.
some14some at 07:14 PM JST - 26th October

‘‘We called the police because we thought they came to steal money offerings at the temple

why suspect money only when there have been number cases in which God's statues were beheaded and stolen and reported by local tv stations.
cwhite at 10:32 PM JST - 26th October

temples should be open 24 hours a day, but the reality is that most temples in Japan are just companies and the owners treat as such with the benefit of not having to pay taxes.
airrunwesker at 12:46 AM JST - 27th October

I think they were very lucky they did not find whatever they were looking for!

Temples should be considered sacred, or at least, treated with respect.
Naruhodou at 08:32 AM JST - 27th October

Maybe I can shed some light on policemen in temples. I am living in a rented house that belongs to a shinto temple. (I am actually paying the temple, although not directly) Last year a drunk shinto temple monk wanted to enter my apartment. He said he was one of the owners. But at 3 a.m. I don't allow any owner in my apartment. So I called the police. They arrived in 5 minutes, but the monk had gone back into the temple grounds. When I started going in the temple grounds to confront the drunk man, the police officers just froze. They said they could not enter the temple grounds. I didn't ask for explanations as the drunk monk approached us and well... the usual with drunk people... So I guess police is really barred from entering temples or other sacred places. Anyone know why?
thepro at 08:35 AM JST - 27th October

If he's a cop surely he could get away with something so minute as this...
CavemanLawyer at 01:50 PM JST - 27th October

If he's a cop surely he could get away with something so minute as this...

Who says he was not trying to steal from the temple? It is a pretty traditional crime here. Those donation boxes are tempting...

Some of those boxes are made with odd mechanisms inside so that to open them they have to be turned and flipped in a certain sequence. They did not make such complicated locks for nothing.

So, the story the cops told made have been a lie. --Cirroc
Altria at 02:19 PM JST - 27th October

A policeman and a construction worker sitting together watching the sun set...

Sounds like a Village People music video.
moonbeams at 03:24 PM JST - 27th October

some temples are people's homes and family businesses.

open during the day for the public, at night a normal household
BBLeo at 06:37 PM JST - 27th October

As a policeman, he should talk first to security and ask for permission. He isn't much of a cop to bend the security rules. He need to clean police toilets instead wearing uniform. 'Not very smart cop in my books.' Does he believe he can do what he want, because of his police badge?
OgieDoggie at 02:08 AM JST - 28th October

the policeman, managed to escape the scene.

Yes I must agree that there is much more to this story since the (I assume off duty and not wearing a uniform) policeman ran away from the scene...so what's that all about?