4 men arrested for stealing copper cables from solar power facility in Gunma Prefecture

Four Thai men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing 160 meters of copper cables …

Hopefully, they will be deported and barred from returning for life.

Residents should have no obligation to tolerate foreign thieves.

I read the headline and knew they would not be Japanese... Bingo!

They make ¥50,000 but cause damage costing millions.

It won't cost millions to replace the cables.

So far there are 9000 cases and many more.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/01/japan/crime-legal/japan-solar-cable-thefts/

Deport this scum.

I read that because the electricity was cut to a poultry farm and their A/C was down for a considerable time, many chickens perished and it will cause a shortage of eggs for the area, also a price rise.

Many owners have insurance.

falseflagsteve

Huge increase in immigration here lately, sadly as you mention from third world countries where many don’t hold the same values as the West and Japan.

Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam are not third-world countries. It would help if you defined your "huge" with government figures.

Of course people have always nicked that stuff in U.K. but copper prices went really high and East 'European gangs ( mostly gypsies) started gangs to steal it.

New report reveals metal theft costing UK economy half a billion pounds a year

Metal theft now costs the UK economy half a billion pounds a year and - £4.3bn since 2013.

Up to 60 Organised Crime Groups are currently active - and account for the majority of metal theft crime.

https://www.recyclemetals.org/newsandarticles/metal-theft-costs-economy-half-a-billion-pounds-pa.html

wallace

Many owners have insurance.

Would a poultry farmer having insurance covering the damage caused by this crime relieve the shortage of eggs and the subsequent price increase the locals would have to bear?

Jail and deport !!!..

Brian Trout

Many owners have insurance.

Would a poultry farmer having insurance covering the damage caused by this crime relieve the shortage of eggs and the subsequent price increase the locals would have to bear?

The article is about the theft of cable from a solar farm. Another poster commented "I read" without posting a link to the story.

I cannot comment on "I read".

Saw police vehicles and Secom outside a solar farm here in Yamanashi (we have lots of them) about a week ago! I suspect it also involved theft of copper wire.

Four Thai men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing 160 meters of copper cables worth 70,000 yen from a solar power facility in Tsumagoi, Gunma Prefecture, in June.

I get that life is incredibly grim - and will definitely get worse - in Thailand. I get that morals and ethics there are a world away from Japanese.

But this is no way to endear yourself to a nation that tries to support you. Perhaps Thailand is not exactly sending their best to Japan?

Going to get worse out there. Things are not easy for most of the foreign workers in Japan. They make little money and are exploited. I hope they get deported, but there are deeper issues at hand here.

wallace

The article is about the theft of cable from a solar farm. Another poster commented "I read" without posting a link to the story.

I cannot comment on "I read".

But you did comment on “I read.”

You wrote, “Many owners have insurance.”

Can you justify your comment?

How would a poultry farmer having insurance covering the damage caused by this crime relieve the shortage of eggs and the subsequent price increase the locals would have to bear?

Perhaps Thailand is not exactly sending their best to Japan?

Thailand is not “sending” anyone to Japan. Thais are freely traveling on their own accord.

Brian Trout

The article is about the theft of cable from a solar farm. Another poster commented "I read" without posting a link to the story.

I cannot comment on "I read".

But you did comment on “I read.”

You wrote, “Many owners have insurance.”

I commented that owners of solar farms have insurance. I didn't mention anything about chicken farms. I don't know if the "I read" is true or not.

Can you justify your comment?

How would a poultry farmer having insurance covering the damage caused by this crime relieve the shortage of eggs and the subsequent price increase the locals would have to bear?

The article is not about that.

Thailand is not “sending” anyone to Japan. Thais are freely traveling on their own accord.

Not sure how true that is, Thailand is not exactly a full democracy these days. Perhaps the Thai agencies are not selecting/sending the best candidates.

In the case of Vietnamese nationals - where there have been similar issues with crime in Japan - the Communist government effectively does send (or reject) them for these guest worker visas.

Vietnamese readers of JT are breathing a sigh of relief.

Brian Trout

How would a poultry farmer having insurance covering the damage caused by this crime relieve the shortage of eggs and the subsequent price increase the locals would have to bear?

It also doesn't help relieve the suffering endured by those poor chickens who died of heat stroke.

Many owners have insurance.

So that's OK then?

Just let them carry on?

Prison with hard labor and then deported for life. The scrap dealer buying the cable should also be investigated as they probably knew it was stolen.

Mr Kipling

Many owners have insurance.

So that's OK then?

> Just let them carry on?

Not. Those with insurance will not be out of pocket. The thieves will be sentenced, most likely to serve prison time. It is simply not true that it would cost "millions" to install 160m of cable.

Fighto!

 Perhaps Thailand is not exactly sending their best to Japan?

I always see you comment "this country is not sending the best". Do you even know what these people do here in Japan and how much they are paid for? Many do meager jobs that either Japanese have no interest in doing or too old to be doing. The Yen value going down isn't helping either as they send bulk of their meager salaries back to their home countries.

These foreigners did the crime so they must face the consequences but don't act like only foreigners commit crimes here and demand that those coming to work here must be the cream of the crop.

Some desperate people commit theft regardless of nationality, no excuses, just facts.

It NOT the thieves it's those who are BUYING the metals from them that needs to be locked up. The police needs to find who the metal is being sold to and that should be Prosecuted not only the thieves.

Many owners have insurance.

Not for loss of earnings.

They come in steal some of your wires and your solar units are no longer producing power. It might take a couple of months until they can be serviced at this time of the year, meaning possibly a couple of months of ZERO power production (money generation) during that time.

Insurance won't cover that. So yeah, you'll get your new wires installed - but you're still going to be waaaaay out of pocket.

kiwiboy

It depends on the type of insurance. There are business insurance covering loss of earnings. Replacing the cable won’t be a long wait.

Good. Now deport them. insurance or No insurance. The commited a crime, in a country they are invited to stay and work in. Now, if you abuse your landlord, they have every right to kick you out. I might let one stay if he rats on the others, pays the owners back,when he get out of jail, and does some volunteer work, to show hes's really sorry.If not, bye bye.