FIREBRAND BUDDHIST MONK: ASHIN WIRATHU

You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog. - Ashin Wirathu

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On September 6, the Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) released the ultranationalist Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, after dropping all previous charges against him for no reason.

          Let me assure my readers here this: I DO NOT AND NEVER endorse the behaviour of this ultranationalist monk and I AGREE that he is an extremist and what he did to the Rohingya population was wrong. However, there are many quotes I would borrow him when I substitute the word, ‘Muslims’ for ‘murderers’, as I blog about anti crime issues.

Firebrand Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu released from prison by Myanmar military: Read who he is

Ashin Wirathu was dubbed the “The Face of Buddhist Terror" by the Time Magazine in 2013. He has also been branded the 'Buddhist bin Laden' by some.

7 September, 2021

OpIndia Staff

Firebrand Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu released from prison by Myanmar military: Read who he is

Ashin Wirathu was dubbed the “The Face of Buddhist Terror" by the Time Magazine in 2013. He has also been branded the 'Buddhist bin Laden' by some.

7 September, 2021

OpIndia Staff

Firebrand Buddhist Monk Ashin Wirathu was released from prison by the Burmese Military on Monday, two years after sedition charges were slapped at him for alleged derogatory remarks he made against former leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 

After becoming a fugitive for months, he finally surrendered in November last year. Ashin Wirathu was accused of inciting “hatred or contempt” and “exciting disaffection” against the civilian government. Spokesperson for the Myanmar Military, Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, said, “The case was closed and he was released this evening,” before proceeding to add, “he is still receiving medical treatment at the Tatmadaw Hospital.”

It is not clear why the monk was receiving treatment at the military hospital or what he was receiving treatment for. The monk’s release comes months after the civilian government was deposed in Myanmar.

I accept the term extremist with pride. - Ashin Wirathu

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Who is Ashin Wirathu? 

Ashin Wirathu was dubbed the “The Face of Buddhist Terror” by the Time Magazine in 2013. He has also been branded the ‘Buddhist bin Laden’ by some. The monk was quoted as saying in Time Magazine, “[Muslims] are breeding so fast, and they are stealing our women, raping them. They would like to occupy our country, but I won’t let them. We must keep Myanmar Buddhist.”

  

Muslims are like African carps They breed rapidly have violent behavior and eat its own kind and other fishes They also destroy the natural resources and beauty underwater Even though they are the minority our entire race has been suffering a great deal under the burden of the minority. - Ashin Wirathu

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For his part, Wirathu accused Time Magazine of committing “serious Human Rights Violations” by not quoting him verbatim in their piece. “Before I had heard [rumours] of the Arab world dominating the global media. But this time, I’ve seen it for myself.” 

In another interview in 2013, he declared, “Muslims are like the African carp. They breed quickly and they are very violent and they eat their own kind. Even though they are minorities here, we are suffering under the burden they bring us.” On another occasion, he opined, “You can be full of kindness and love but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog.” 

You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog. - Ashin Wirathu [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.storemypic.com/image/mVEb]

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We should start being intolerant to those who are intolerant to us. This is not modern logic, this is not extreme, this is common sense. – Geert Wilders

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Zen monks conduct military drills in preparation for war in 1939

The monk led the ‘969 movement’, a Buddhist revivalist movement that advocated the social and economic boycott of Muslims and sought to ban marriages between Buddhist women and Muslim men. The inspiration for the name comes from Buddhist scriptures, with the first 9 denoting the nine special attributes of the Buddha, 6 represents the six special characteristics of his Dharma and 9 represented the nine attributes of the Buddhist monastic order, or the Buddhist Sangha. 

  

I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me. - Ashin Wirathu

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Ashin Wirathu has his fare share of critics within Myanmar, with certain monks believing that he spread hate between communities. Nonetheless, when Time Magazine branded him a the face of Buddhist terror, then president of the country, Thein Sein, lashed out at the magazine and accused it of slandering the Buddhist religion. He described Wirathu as a “Son of Buddha” and defended him as a “noble person” committed to peace. 

For his part, Wirathu claimed, “I am defending my loved one, like you would defend your loved one. I am only warning people about Muslims. Consider it like if you had a dog, that would bark at strangers coming to your house – it is to warn you. I am like that dog. I bark.”

   

Snakes are poisonous wherever they are. You can't underestimate a snake just because there's only one. It's dangerous wherever it is. - Ashin Wirathu

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Snakes are poisonous wherever they are. You can't underestimate a snake just because there's only one. It's dangerous wherever it is. - Ashin Wirathu

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Ashin Wirathu was arrested for his sermons in 2003 as well and had to spend 9 years in prison. Despite that, he continued to occupy a stature of respect in the country. He belongs to the Theravada school of Buddhism. Some believe that he is in league with the Burmese Military. 

Munshi Faiz Ahmed, a Bangladeshi expert, told Arab News, “Myanmar’s military was in need of a mass medium to reach the country’s Buddhists. Monks have more influence on Buddhists in Myanmar than politicians, so the powerful military recruited Wirathu to serve its purpose as the extremist monk has some fanatic followers.” 

He added, “On one side, the ambitious Wirathu wanted to increase the number of his followers, and on the other side the military wanted to consolidate its power. So the army generals started backing the extremist monk in his spreading of hate against the Rohingya Muslims.” 

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PROFILE LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashin_Wirathu

https://www.persecution.org/2021/09/08/burmese-bin-laden-released-burmese-army/

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/myanmar-extreme-buddhist-nationalists

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-drops-sedition-case-against-firebrand-ultranationalist-monk.html

You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog. - Ashin Wirathu [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.storemypic.com/image/mVEb]

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https://shoebat.com/2015/05/27/myanmar-burma-buddhist-james-bond-is-single-handedly-fighting-his-countrys-biggest-enemy-muslims/

https://shoebat.com/2019/05/17/buddhist-monk-loved-by-the-counter-jihad-movement-tells-people-to-worship-the-military-like-gods/

https://shoebat.com/2019/06/01/myanmar-issues-arrest-warrant-for-burmese-bin-laden-buddhist-terrorist-loved-by-the-counter-jihad-movement/

RELATED LINKS:

https://www.persecution.org/2021/09/03/christians-in-myanmar-live-in-conflict-zones/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Association_of_Myanmar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/969_Movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodu_Bala_Sena

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galagoda_Aththe_Gnanasara

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http://soldierexecutionerprolifer2008.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-zen-god-of-war-sugimoto-goro-may-25.html

http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-message-from-america-to-swamp.html

http://soldierexecutionerprolifer2008.blogspot.com/2020/12/child-rapist-killer-publicly-executed.html

Ray Hanania: Reinstate death penalty in the killing of police

Such an extreme act of pure evil can only be met by the most extreme of responses - and that can only be death. All my life I've been against the death penalty. I genuinely never thought I'd say this, but I am now convinced that the monster who executed this young woman in cold blood should, in turn, be killed as punishment for his crime. - John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

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            There are some death penalty opponents who changed their position on capital punishment after someone they loved were murdered. John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, a former Met Police Chief, changed his mind on the death penalty after the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky. Officer Ella G. French of the Chicago Police Department, Illinois who was shot and killed on August 7, 2021, was a similar case to Sharon Beshenivsky.

   

REST IN PEACE: Chicago Police Officer Ella French was killed in the line of duty Saturday night during a traffic stop. She was 29-years-old. https://bit.ly/37rLdam

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Let us honor this fallen policewoman by remembering how she lived on this earth and treasure her memories. We will give her a 30^th birthday remembrance this year on August 31. We, thank Ray Hanania for calling for the death penalty for cop killers. Although we believe the death penalty should be use for all murders, we are happy that he spoke out in favor of it.

   

This morning on "Fox & Friends," Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said that every murder of a law enforcement officer should be classified as a capital crime punishable by death. http://bit.ly/2hoRK9V

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Special Column: Reinstate death penalty in the killing of police

Ray Hanania Ray Hanania

The shooting murder of Chicago Police Officer Ella French and the wounding of her partner by three suspects revives calls to reinstate the death penalty for individuals who kill someone intentionally with gun. They should be put to death with no compassion. Killing these killers would send a strong message to other criminals who use guns to kill people, maybe stopping some who make the intentional choice from doing so. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s blather is disgusting and shameful

By Ray Hanania

Two Chicago Police officers were attacked by armed thugs who were pulled over during a routine traffic stop near 63rd Street and South Bell Avenue in Chicago Saturday around 9 p.m.

One of the officers, Ella French, 29, died from her wounds. Her partner is listed in serious condition. One of the three suspects who opened fire on the officers was injured and is in a hospital. The other two criminals are in custody.

Had this been two minority civilians shot by police, riots would be raging in Chicago Lawn and activists would be screaming about “defunding” the police.

But it was the police who were attacked by armed thugs and all three of those suspects should be prosecuted. If convicted, they should be given the death penalty. They don’t deserve to live.

The killing of officer French reminds us of the dangers that police face each and every time they confront criminals who violate the law. Any law, from the most minor to the most significant.

We know what is going to happen, right? The killers are going to get the best legal representation ever. Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx will insist that they be given every courtesy as suspects, innocent until proven guilty. Politicians like Mayor Lori Lightfoot will pretend to care about street gang violence but do nothing, preferring instead to support weakening our police and strengthening the rights of the accused.

But the presumption of guilt can’t be ignored. Suspects who murder a Police Officer need to face the maximum penalty. All three are murderers, not just the one who pulled the trigger on the gun that killed officer French.

Our society has been turned upside-down by a twisted debate that makes the police the bad guys and the criminals the heroes. Hypocritical activists twist and distort facts in police and civilian clashes asserting that the police are guilty, despite the fact that the victims are often on drugs, carrying weapons and refuse to follow police commands.

The suspects end up dying, because of their own criminal behavior not because the police tried to stop them. But the families of the victims see dollar signs. The activists see headlines. Suddenly, a drugged-up criminal is a “good student” represented by a high school graduation picture.

The public should have no illusions about what’s at stake here. What is at stake is the safety of the law abiding public. They respect everyone’s rights. They pay their taxes. They raise their kids by moral standards. They take responsibility for their own actions.

All they want is to live in safe neighborhoods.

And yet their interests are being challenged by activists who are using the police-criminal confrontations as excuses to ease the burden on the criminals and impose heightened punishment on the police.

These activists are stereotyping police. Yes, there are some bad cops and those police should be prosecuted not by mobs but my the Rule of Law. But the vast majority of police put their lives on the line every minute of every day to ensure the safety of average law abiding civilians. They are our heroes.

The fight to defend our police is a battle at every corner of society.

This week in the Village of Mount Prospect, activists led by the League of Women Voters and other “defund” police movements, are seeking to force the police there to remove a badge that is designed to express community pride and support for police.

The badge reads “Honor, Respect, Remember” has an emblem with the words “Police, Mount Prospect,” part of the American flag, the State of Illinois, the date Mount Prospect’s incorporation, 1917, and black and white stripes, with one Blue line.

The League of Women Voters, a group that claims to be “non-partisan” but is in fact at the forefront of the far left movement to undermine police and censor anyone who disagrees with their extremist views, is rallying supporters to protest the emblem because of that Blue line.

The Blue line is embraced across America as a symbol of support for the police, our men and women in “blue.” According to the League and its radical activist supporters, the Blue line is a symbol of White Supremacists and racists. But that’s just a political lie, an effort to demonize supporters to silence them by bullying. They want to undermine public support for the Police.

Mt. Prospect has a public hearing on Tuesday where activists hope to bully village residents into silence and remove the badge because of the Blue line. Activists from throughout Chicagoland, who have fought to defend criminals while undermining police by calling for them to be defunded, are being encouraged to attend and disrupt the meeting.

It’s time that the public, the majority of Americans who want justice for all and a judicial system that fairly weighs crimes in order to achieve a safer society, stand up and defend the police.

The three suspects involved in the murder of police officer Ella French, should be charged with First Degree murder. The Illinois Legislature should repeal the death penalty ban and pass a law that mandates the death penalty in any case where a suspect is convicted of intentionally killing someone, especially a police officer, with a gun.

Family of killers aware of the criminal behavior of their family members should be charged as accomplices, including parents who only suddenly show concern for their children when they are killed by police and they stand to win millions in activist-backed lawsuits.

Membership in a street gang that has a history of gun violence should be a felony and at least result 20 years of jail time without parole.

 

If the death penalty was not imposed then "wrong really has finally totally triumphed over right and all civilised society, all we hold dear, is the loser." - John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

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When we are soft on crime, all we are doing is empowering the criminals, sending a message that they have a better chance of avoiding punishment.

We need to change that message and be tough. Anyone engaged in any crime must be punished. You use a gun in a crime and are convicted in a murder, you should be put to death.

It’s time we made law abiding members of the public the priority. But that will only happen if law abiding citizens end their silence and speak out forcefully against the louder voices of the small groups of extremist activists who have hijacked our society and are trying to hijack our system of justice.

We need to draw a line. And I think that line should be Blue.

(Ray Hanania is an award winning former Chicago City Hall reporter and political columnist. His mainstream columns are published in the Southwest News Newspaper Group in the Des Plaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald, The Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers. His Middle East columns are published at ArabNews.com. For more information on Ray Hanania visit www.Hanania.com or email him at rghanania@gmail.com.)

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Sen. Toomey pushes act that would increase death penalty chances for convicted cop-killers

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Yakuza Boss: Satoru Nomura (野村 悟, Nomura Satoru) sentenced to death (August 24, 2021)

In an unprecedented move, Japanese courts have sentenced Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of the ‘Kudo-kai’ crime syndicate, to death.

A local newspaper reported that upon receiving his sentence, Nomura told the court ‘I asked for a fair decision’ and ‘You will regret this for the rest of your life.’ Reports suggest that Nomura is the first senior Yakuza figure to face Japan’s death penalty and the verdict could signal a cultural change in the way legal systems treat organized crime.
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'Resistance to evil by force and by the sword is permissible not when it is possible, but when it is necessary because there are no other means available’; in that case it is not only a man’s right but his duty to enter that path even though it may lead to the malefactor’s death. – Ivan Ilyin

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            On this date, August 24, 2021, Yakuza Boss, Satoru Nomura was sentenced to death by hanging in the Fukuoka District Court. He was the first senior member of the Yakuza to be given the death penalty.

   

If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death. – Immanuel Kant

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Yakuza boss is first ever to be sentenced to death in Japan: Senior crime clan member tells judge 'You will regret this for the rest of your life' after being found guilty of ordering a murder and violent attacks

·         Satoru Nomura, 74, is the head of the violent Kudo-kai yakuza crime syndicate

·         He was sentenced to death by Fukuoka District Court in west Japan on Tuesday

·         Prosecutors argued he ordered three violent assaults and one murder 

·         Nomura denies the accusations and his lawyers said he intends to appeal 

·         Believed to be first time a senior yakuza member has received death sentence 

By Charlotte Mitchell For Mailonline and Afp and Reuters

Published: 03:04 AEST, 25 August 2021 | Updated: 16:49 AEST, 25 August 2021

A yakuza boss has been sentenced to death in Japan in what is believed to be a first after his criminal organisation murdered and attacked other citizens.

Satoru Nomura, 74, told the judge Fukuoka District Court, in western Japan, on Tuesday: 'I asked for a fair decision... You will regret this for the rest of your life,' Nishinippon Shimbun newspaper reported.

It is believed to be the first time a senior yakuza member has been sentenced to death, the BBC reported.

Nomura, the head of the 'Kudo-kai' crime syndicate in southwest Japan, denied accusations he had masterminded the violent assaults. Kudo-kai is often described as Japan's 'most violent' yakuza gang.

According to Japanese broadcaster NHK, there was no direct evidence that Nomura had ordered the attacks. 

However, in handing down the sentence, the judge said that the gang operated under such strict rules that it was unthinkable that attacks could have been carried out without its leader's authorisation.

The trial revolved around attacks carried out by Kudo-kai members between 1998 and 2014. During that time, a former head of a fishing cooperative was shot and killed, and three others - including a nurse and former police officer - were injured by shooting or stabbing.

 

Satoru Nomura, 74, (pictured) is the head of the Kudo-kai crime syndicate, often described as Japan's 'most violent' yakuza gang

Defence lawyers for Nomura plan to appeal the ruling, according to Kyodo news agency. Nomura's number two, Fumio Tanoue, was jailed for life on Tuesday, the court said.  

The yakuza mafia were long tolerated in Japan as a necessary evil for ensuring order on the streets and getting things done quickly, however dubious the means.

But in recent decades, stiffer anti-gang regulations, waning social tolerance and a weak economy have resulted in steadily falling yakuza memberships.

Nomura was found guilty of ordering the fatal 1998 shooting of an ex-boss of a fisheries cooperative who exerted influence over port construction projects, major media outlets said.

He was also behind a 2014 attack on a relative of the murder victim, and a 2013 knife attack against a nurse at a clinic where Nomura was seeking treatment, the court reportedly said.

The 2012 shooting of a former police official who had investigated the Kudo-kai was also deemed Nomura's responsibility. The official survived with serious injuries to his waist and legs, media said. 

Pictured: Police officers enter Nomura's Kitakyushu house in September 2014 to arrest him [File photo]

The yakuza grew from the chaos of post-war Japan into multi-billion-dollar criminal organisations, involved in everything from drugs and prostitution to protection rackets and white-collar crime.

Unlike the Italian Mafia or Chinese triads, yakuza have long occupied a grey area in Japanese society - they are not illegal, and each group has its own headquarters in full view of police.

With more than 100 inmates on death row, Japan is one of few developed nations to retain the death penalty.

Public support for capital punishment remains high despite international criticism, including from rights groups.  

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“There is one other consideration which I believe should never be overlooked. If the criminal law of this country is to be respected, it must be in accordance with public opinion, and public opinion must support it. That goes very nearly to the root of this question of capital punishment. I cannot believe or the public opinion (or would I rather call it the public conscience) of this country will tolerate that persons who deliberately condemn others to painful and, it may be, lingering deaths should be allow to live…”

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If the death penalty was not imposed then "wrong really has finally totally triumphed over right and all civilised society, all we hold dear, is the loser." - John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

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Satoru Nomura on the cover of Jitsuwa Jiho in 2012

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Don of yakuza gang dealt unprecedented death sentence

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

August 24, 2021 at 19:25 JST

FUKUOKA--In a high-profile trial, the head of an organized crime syndicate often described as the most violent in Japan was sentenced to death at the Fukuoka District Court on Aug. 24.

Satoru Nomura, 74, the head of the Kudo-kai gang based in Kita-Kyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, was handed the death penalty for his involvement in four violent incidents, one of which an individual died.

Presiding Judge Ben Adachi also handed down a life sentence to Nomura’s second-in-command, Fumio Tanoue, 65.

The court said in the ruling that Nomura and Tanoue conspired to carry out the four attacks. Nomura gave an order in the murder case, and the other three crimes were carried out under a chain-in-command structure headed by Nomura, the court said.

The Fukuoka District Public Prosecutors Office had sought the death penalty for Nomura, and a life sentence for Tanoue along with a fine of 20 million yen ($182,200).

There was no clear direct evidence to connect Nomura and Tanoue to the four cases, while those who actually carried out the crimes have been convicted.

Both Nomura and Tanoue have denied their involvement and claimed their innocence.

Nomura was displeased with the court’s sentence and seemingly threated the presiding judge.

After the court was vacated, Nomura told Adachi, “I asked you for a fair judgment. But this is not fair at all. You will regret this for the rest of your life.”

Tanoue also said, “You are awful, Mr. Adachi,” as he left the courtroom.

It was apparently the first time for prosecutors to seek a death penalty for a head of a gang recognized by the Prevention of Wrongful Acts by Members of Organized Crime Groups Law.

The court’s decision to grant the prosecution’s demand is expected to impact future investigations of organized crime groups.

  

CRIMES DATED BACK MORE THAN 20 YEARS

The first of the four assaults occurred in 1998. A former leader of a local fishery cooperative, who was 70, was gunned down and killed on the streets of Kita-Kyushu.

The second occurred in 2012. A former Fukuoka prefectural police officer was shot in Kita-Kyushu.

The third occurred in 2013 in Fukuoka, in which a female nurse at a medical clinic where Nomura was seeking treatment was stabbed.

The fourth took place in 2014, in which a male dentist who happened to be a relative of the former fishery cooperative leader was stabbed in Kita-Kyushu.

Prosecutors argued that each of the four incidents was a coordinated attack by the Kudo-kai, and both Nomura as the mastermind and Tanoue as the group’s No. 2 sanctioned the acts through the gang’s chain-of-command structure.

While gang underlings may have been the ones who actually carried out the attacks, as the head of an organization in which the boss’s orders were absolute, Nomura and Tanoue held the ultimate responsibility, prosecutors argued.

The two were charged with murder, a coordinated attempt to murder and weapons violation.

Prosecutors argued that the first and fourth crimes stemmed from Nomura’s desire to get his hands on economic interests held by a fishery cooperative. But the former leader rebuffed Nomura’s overtures.

The shooting and the stabbing, occurring 16 years apart, were attempts to intimidate family members who controlled the economic interests and force them into submission.

The second attack was an obvious attempt to put pressure on local law enforcement that had launched a crackdown on the Kudo-kai.

The third assault was triggered by Nomura’s dissatisfaction with the nurse who treated him at a clinic, prosecutors said.

Those who actually carried out the crimes have already been convicted. In all trials except the one for the murder of the former fishery cooperative head, the courts recognized the existence of a chain-in-command system headed by Nomura and Tanoue.

One of the major points in dispute in the latest trial was whether both Nomura and Tanoue gave direct orders to commit the violent acts, as there is no solid evidence directly linking both to the court cases. 

   

The active resistance against the villain’s evil designs on others, and against the villain himself is not evil, but good. And therefore it can and must be the work of a pious love. – Ivan Ilyin

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Prosecutors argued Nomura deserved the harshest sentence because none of the victims in the four incidents had connections to rival gangs.

“Ordinary citizens became a target in all of the incidents, repeatedly posing a direct threat to society,” prosecutors said.

These incidents were “unprecedented in the extremely egregious nature of the crimes carried out by organized gangs,” they said. 

Satoru Nomura, left of center, goes outside during a house search by Fukuoka prefectural police on April 1, 2010, in Kita-Kyushu’s Kokura-Kita Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

DEFENDANTS PROCLAIMED THEIR INNOCENCE

Defense lawyers, on the other hand, denied Nomura’s involvement in the first and fourth incident, by saying that he “never had an interest in the cooperative.”

As for the shooting of a police officer, the defense argued that it would only backfire to strike against law enforcement, as it would prompt police to launch a tougher crackdown on the Kudo-kai.

For the stabbing of a nurse, Nomura’s displeasure with her was only temporary, defense argued.

Nomura “had no motivation to attack” in all four cases, the defense argued.

Defense also criticized prosecutors and said their “evaluation of circumstantial evidence is extremely arbitrary.”

Prosecutors “have not taken other hypotheses into consideration because they want to forcibly tie (Nomura and Tanoue) with the incidents,” and they “are entirely focused on their self-righteous speculations,” defense said.

Nomura in his final statement said, “I am innocent.”

Tanoue said, “I have never been involved, not even in the slightest.”

Both have maintained their innocence.

  

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LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVE AGAINST KUDO-KAI

Fukuoka prefectural police launched a massive operation in September 2014 to destroy the Kudo-kai and made arrests of senior members, including Nomura and Tanoue.

As of the end of 2020, there were about 430 members and quasi-members of the Kudo-kai. At the end of 2008, when the group reached its peak, there were about 1,210 gang members, about three times more than the current membership. 

The trial of Nomura and Tanoue began in October 2019.

Out of safety concerns, the Fukuoka District Court decided to exclude the trial from a lay judge system where ordinary citizens are involved alongside professional judges.

A total of 62 hearings were held until March this year, and a total of 91 people including former gang members and police officers gave testimony.

Kudo-kai has been based in Kita-Kyushu, a major port city in the prefecture near its capital, Fukuoka, and a gateway to the Kyushu region, while extending its influence in areas around Tokyo with umbrella organizations.

Because the group had repeatedly violently attacked citizens, it has been named as a special-designated dangerous crime organization under the anti-organized crime law. Kudo-kai is the only organization designated as such in Japan.

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A drawing of Satoru Nomura, left, and Fumio Tanoue at the Fukuoka District Court on Aug. 24 (The Asahi Shimbun)

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A nation is like a person though it does not have a tangible body. Lawless and vicious individuals are like illnesses that attack the body. Police powers can be likened to daily treatments to keep the body healthy. A judge is a doctor, while law is medicine. In cases where the police cannot prevent a crime despite its efforts to that effect, it catches the criminal and hands him over to a judge. This is like entrusting an ill person with a doctor. A trial is a process to cure an ill person by administering appropriate medicine. As petty offenses are minor illnesses, police officers themselves treat them. This is like a home remedy.

- Kawaji Toshiyoshi ((川路 利良)

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Japan police to protect judges, witnesses after yakuza head sentenced to death

Fukuoka Prefectural Police on Aug. 25 ordered officers to protect related judges and witnesses after a local court handed a death sentence to the head of the feared Kudo-kai crime syndicate the previous day.

The notice came in response to a remark made by 74-year-old Kudo-kai head Satoru Nomura to the presiding judge immediately after the Fukuoka District Court ruling on Aug. 24: "You'll regret this for the rest of your life."

The Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture-based group is the only designated dangerous crime syndicate in Japan. The prefectural police are poised to beef up security measures once again against the gang.

In connection with the public hearings of Nomura's case, a member of a Kudo-kai-affiliated gang was arrested and indicted for allegedly intimidating a male witness when they met as well as talked over the phone, in violation of Japan's organized crime law.

The prefectural police headquarters has led the response to the Kudo-kai threat with about 100 officers at its organized crime division's protective measures office, keeping a close eye on the gang's moves following the court decision. The headquarters will also share information with other police departments to ensure the safety of those under protection in and outside Fukuoka Prefecture.

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https://www.rt.com/news/532947-japan-yakuza-boss-sentenced-death/

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