Japanese man arrested in Belarus on charges of acting as special services agent
- A Japanese man named Masatoshi Nakanishi was arrested in Belarus for allegedly working for Japan’s special services by photographing military sites near the Ukrainian border.
- Nakanishi faces seven years in prison if convicted and took 9,000 photographs of military infrastructure.
- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stated that Japan protested to Belarus' foreign ministry regarding concerns for human rights in this case.
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Japanese man arrested in Belarus on charges of acting as special services agent
A Japanese man has been arrested in Belarus and is facing charges of working for Japan’s special services by photographing military and civilian infrastructure near the border with Ukraine.
A Japanese citizen has been arrested in Belarus on charges of photographing military and civilian infrastructure near the border with Ukraine for the Japanese secret service.
The TV noted that, as a rule, meetings were not held in business, but informal atmosphere. Usually, such meetings were discussed very much sensitive issues. For ethical and diplomatic reasons journalists were asked not to mention what kind of employee of the Japanese Embassy gave instructions to Masatoshi Nakanishi. They only mentioned his name
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