Koichi Toyama Arrested For Traffic Violations
Koichi Toyama, a street musician who gained fame by running in April’s Tokyo gubernatorial race (entertaining video above), has been arrested:
Toyama, 36, was arrested for violating the Road Traffic Law on Tuesday after he denied the allegations and rejected repeated orders to turn himself in to a local police station.
On Jan. 17, 2006, Toyama was caught riding a motorcycle in the wrong direction on a one-way municipal road in Kagoshima. On July 10, last year, he was also riding a motorcycle at 50 kilometers per hour, 20 kilometers per hour in excess of the speed limit, police said.
Officers issued traffic violation tickets at the scenes, but he denied the allegations. He also refused to pay the fines.
Will this arrest be a major obstacle for his publically declared goal of creating a terrifying conspiracy to overthrow the goverment?
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