Ministry official linked to info leak over China arms export to N Korea found dead

National Jun. 27, 2012 - 06:50AM JST ( 9 )

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borschtJun. 27, 2012 - 08:51AM JST

I feel for the man's family and wonder what made him think death was preferable to a moshiwake arimasen. If, in fact, he felt shame over being named when he actually didn't do anything.

Plus, this has the makings of a great conspiracy movie.

there had been no plans to penalize him

If someone leaks intelligence, isn't that a crime? At least a breaking of some rule?
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gogogoJun. 27, 2012 - 09:56AM JST

Obviously the AFP think it suspicious to write the headline like that.
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gogogoJun. 27, 2012 - 09:57AM JST

If someone leaks intelligence, isn't that a crime? At least a breaking of some rule?

Not in Japan, there are privacy laws in Japan and I've heard of companies getting fined but like everything here it is round 100,000 yen for billion dollar companies so no one really cares.
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YuriOtaniJun. 27, 2012 - 10:04AM JST

So Japan is covering up for China, talk about spineless. Wonders what else is being covered up?
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Patrick McCormickJun. 27, 2012 - 01:03PM JST

Highly suspicious. If there was any meat to the story, this should have been a scandal of historic proportions. Or it could be a nobody who leaked a story that turned out to be just a hunch and he committed suicide. Still, I think it's an open secret that China is supporting the North Korean government just enough to prevent the country from falling into chaos. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if the conversation went something like this:

Kim: "Hey China! My people are starving! Give me some food!" China: "No!" Kim: "Well! How about I spend money on food and you give me weapons?" China: "OK!"
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Clemens SimonJun. 27, 2012 - 01:50PM JST

If I wanted to kill a Japanese CIA-like intelligence agent I would make it look like suicide too.
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bajhista65Jun. 27, 2012 - 01:55PM JST

Poor guy. I pity his family and children he left behind. Probably pressured to commit suicide for the leak of info. And what is wrong with that. If China is violating the UN Resolution, the world have the right to know and the UN can initiate proper actions against violators for the peace and unity among nations.

Btw..Why the secrecy. NK and China are both communist country and will help each other secretly or openly for the welfare of communist ideology.
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oberstJun. 27, 2012 - 07:30PM JST

The vehicles were likely those on display at the huge military display in April marking the centenary of the birth of North Korea’s founder Kim Il-Sung, said the Asahi Shimbun, which broke the story................................................

so it's not so " secret " if they were on public display.
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YuriOtaniJun. 28, 2012 - 05:35AM JST

I agree and think the Chinese have supplied more than launchers but the missiles as well. Manufactured to look like North junk but are in truth capable and tipped with multistage atomic warheads.