Man feigns death for 3 hours to avoid police questioning in Osaka
OSAKA —
A 22-year-old man, who was arrested Wednesday night for assault and obstruction of duty after he rear-ended the motorcycle of a police officer, feigned death for about three hours, police said Thursday.
According to police, Yuji Matsumura of Sakai City was riding his motorcycle with some friends when he ran into the motorcycle of the police officer. He tried to escape but was apprehended about 400 meters from the crash.
Seconds after he was handcuffed, Matsumura collapsed and pretended to be dead. Police called for an ambulance even though his breathing and heartbeat were normal. Matsumura put on a good show, however, and didn’t even flinch when medics inserted a catheter into his urethra. A doctor who performed a CT scan found no abnormalities.
This went on for three hours, police said, until Matsumura’s mother came to the hospital to identify him. He returned to his senses at the sound of her voice.
Matsumura was quoted by police as saying: “I was tired, so I just went to sleep.”
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thepro
Haha man, that is classic
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societymike
hahahahahahahahahahahaha..
there are so many levels of this article that are hilarious
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smartacus
How could he have remained still when they inserted the catheter?
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ratpack
I can see this one going all around the world on the classics TV specials.
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chotto
GOLD!!!!
A much-welcomed addition to the crime section!! lol
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Farmboy
Luckily, there are no automatic organ donations in Japan.
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mindovermatter
This is something a 6 year old might do...
But unfortunately this is the mentality of the average 40 year old Japanese male, females have more common sense than to pull something so stupid.
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GG2141
Well, I suppose it was worth a try.
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smithinjapan
The police are pretty daft here, but even they can find a heartbeat... I think. Still, this is pretty classic.
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Altria
He's a braver man than me, I'll give him that.
Why would they even need to stick a catheter up there in the first place? I bet it was just a threat to get him to wake up - "Ok, this looks serious, we'd better STICK THIS GIANT CATHETER UP HIS URETHRA"
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moonknightskye
my dog can play dead better
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Jbizzle
Classic! Give this guy a job in entertainment. He has to be a better actor than most of these talentless "tarento"
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PepinGalarga
i agree with Altria, what the heck do they need to insert a catheter in there for???? He's only been down for 3 hours!
They should have played hardball and moved him to he MORGUE, and then see what happens when they put the buzzsaw a few inches from his head. Maybe it will look like Hostel 2.
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DerekJ
A human opossum! Love it.
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Tatanka
I bet he would have flinched if some burly policemen put on the rubber glove and gave him a rectal exam...
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Laguna
How do they know he was pretending to be "dead"? Maybe he was pretending to "be at the office."
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nisegaijin
He does know they don't give Oscars in jail, right?
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bushlover
Excellent!! It is now confirmed that Japanese can fall asleep at any possible moment and place. Like when driving and being arrested.
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bokudayo
I dunno Tatanka... I'd take a rectal examination over a catheter up my urethra any day!
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gogogo
Why did they have to do that for a bike crash?
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namabiru4me
LOL!
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BurakuminDes
Great ploy! What a legend. Give the guy some sort of prize!
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kirakira25
Great ploy but what was he thinking? That they would let him go if he was dead? That he would sneak out of the mortuary under cover of darkness?
Well, if I was a doctor and I thought the patient was faking that would be the first thing I would do!
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TheguyNextdoor
Classic!
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spiderman
funny!
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bobbafett
That is hilarious but smart. It means the cops didn't have their way with him in the interrogation room, and pin a few other unsolved crimes on him, before him Mother turned up to save him.
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bgaudry
Pure gold.
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noypikantoku
stupid J-cops. only good at checking bicycles and Alien cards!
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gogogo
So the guy now has legal grounds to sue...
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L4dymercury
Another prime example of the *quality *work Japan's police force provides to the community.
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IfeelImust
Had the catheter up the jolly ole willy and I'll be dammed if I know how anyone could feign death, sleep or even be quiet! Most unpleasant!
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WilliB
If he pretended to be "dead" he should better than that. I think your writer ment to say he pretended to be "unconscious".
No?
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SebastianFlyte
Just another loser.
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TokyoGas
Solid GOLD! After that performance they should have shook his hand and let him go. Anyone feigning death and has the will power not to flinch should be given a pass. LOL
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Mittsu
Maybe he did just fall asleep...... Cops aren't always right, you know. If he had been feigning death he would have confessed by now.
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Disillusioned
Nothing a swift kick in the jewels wouldn't fix. That would have waken the little twit up, for sure! The really sad thing is, the cops played along with this little girl. They only had to cover his mouth and nose and he would have snapped out of it quick smart. I can't believe the garbage Japanese cops put up with. No wonder they are hopeless if they believe this kind of crap. Where I come from he would have dragged by his goolies into a cop car and allowed to examine the thickness of a phone book, very closely.
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bobbafett
the suspect was involved in an accident and apparently collapsed. the cops did the right thing by getting him checked out. If they didn't, Imagine the fury and diatribe going on right now if the suspect died of a hemorrhage or something because the cops figured he was faking it.
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kyourin
well the police did their job ..
to bad for the kid .. he'll be imprisoned anywayz .. plus the public humiliation to boot :D
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sicklittlemonkey
The catheter was probably for a urine test.
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tuneintokyo
no smelling salts?
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koneko22
And the "Oscar" go to.....Yuji Matsumura...
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bcbrownboy
Smart cookie: after three hours his blood-alcohol level was down to legal no doubt.
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Patrick Smash
Hold on, there was a traffic accident, and the chap collapsed after trying to run. The police might have thought he was faking, may have been 99.99% certain he was, but chose not to risk his life over it. They still have him in custody, and he is about to be charged. I think they did the right thing.
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thedeath
this news is funny. i still think that the cops is doing the right thing through.
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UsernameTaken
Well, hooray for police brutality! Definitely something to be proud of.
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LoveUSA
I love the part when the guy woke up when his Mon arrived. Only his mom was able to help him, it means he is childish and kind, a sissy boy. The cops shall go after the real criminals - the perverts and sex abusers.
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Outspoken
For Yuji,it seems like he ejoyed the show. Now is the time to face the law.
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norinrad21
Wow wow wow keystone cops OWNED again............hahahahahahaha
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Nessie
Still needs his mom to wake him up? What a loser. I haven't needed that since last week.
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kirakira25
I seriously doubt that
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gogogo
kirakira25: Sure he does, unnecessary medical procedure, humiliation or even grievous boldly harm since it was obviously done intentionally by the medical staff to invoke a reaction not fix a medical condition.
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Cicada
Isn't it a bit dramatic to headline "Man feigns death" when the evidence is that he was only feigning unconsciousness?
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TheMarion
We should all applaud the actions of the police; their every move was according to the book.
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Fadamor
It's hard to feign death while breathing normally and with a normal pulse. The headline puzzles me.
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PoolofZen
what article was norinrad reading?
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zhazam05
Lets back up here a bit =He didnt flinch at the catheter? perhaps he should have been Cremated!-Then if this Nitwits ashes didnt shake he could prove his demise!!!
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kirakira25
Obviously done intentionally by medical staff to invoke a reaction? Grievious bodily harm? That`s a pretty big leap! I think you will find it is actually pretty standard procedure in cases where they are not sure what may be going on internally. Even if it was done maliciously that would be very hard to prove. As for the humiliation - I think he has pretty much taken care of that himself...
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Cicada
fusedentropy,
Article states:
How could they know he was pretending to be dead? is what I was asking. In this news there is not even a hint of how they knew he was faking being unconscious, let alone that he was faking death.
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Cicada
fusedentropy:
The point is the reporter is only thoughtlessly repeating what the police said. Any decent journalist would have inquired, and relayed the information in the story. As it is, we just have the ridiculous suggestion that someone who is breathing normally, but not responding to insertion of catheter, is "feigning death". Quite possibly, the guy actually fainted, or at most was suspected of feigning unconsciousness.
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JPYuki
My mother once said, "The most difficult person to wake up is the one who is already awake."
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benhur
haaahahahahahaaha.........
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XXXXX
I thought it was a more sophisticated technique but he just pretended to be unconscious. feigns death
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