Right winger smashes Hatoyama’s computer
The Asahi Shimbun reports on a 24-year-old man in a suit was able to enter the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo and make his way into Yukio Hatoyama’s office and smash a computer:
When he arrived, he brandished a 53-centimeter-long wooden sword in front of a female receptionist and raced up an emergency staircase to Hatoyama’s empty office, where he headed straight for the desk and proceeded to smash the prime minister’s computer until he was overpowered by guards.
He was arrested on the spot on suspicion of trespassing.
The part-time worker from Yamanashi Prefecture said he was furious with DPJ policy pledges that would grant suffrage for permanent foreign residents and permit married couples to use different surnames.
“I thought I could thwart those policies if I destroyed the computer,” he was quoted by investigators as saying.
The incident has exposed some very serious security problems at the DPJ HQ.
According to an article on 47 news, the man became enraged about the issue after hearing about the DPJ’s possible new policies on the internet.
[via JapanSoc]
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