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Bobby Franks
So the Japanese government is protesting that the man's rights have been violated — not that he is innocent of the spy charges?
TaiwanIsNotChina
The US will not be involved in this.
Eastmann
there are two options.
guy may be spy or may be used for spying,say japanese Gerskovich
guy may be just kind of stranger,youtuber,instagram maniac or bloger who needs get popularity and play a reporter
hw went to country next to UA where is local conflict for over decade now.in case if he is mentally well he was aware of it.come close to military bases take photos,videos etc-this is not some usual tourist do.especially not in state border zone.
lets see what will be results of belorussian checking.
Desert Tortoise
How does one jump to that conclusion? False accusations of a crime are very much a violation of one's rights.
Desert Tortoise
This is hostage "diplomacy" right out of the Russian play book. Belarus wants something from the Japanese government and kidnapping Masatoshi Nakanishi is how they think they are going to get it.
Bobby Franks
Did the government claim the allegations are false?
JJE
Important to note he is an accused intelligence agent.
Would be naive to think Tokyo does not have an intelligence agency which is under someone's thumb.
Espionage in Belarus is a capital crime.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Or, you know, he is a Japanese teacher like the article says. One or the other.
JJE
KGB RB will have this guy singing like a canary.
He'd be wise to cooperate fully and unlock his devices.
Why was he down on the Belarus-Ukraine border?
TaiwanIsNotChina
Would be a stupid move to do something barbaric to someone likely to be released and that is all the thugs in the FSB have.
Desert Tortoise
All nations have intelligence officers operating abroad in both adversary and allied nations. Everyone knows and accepts that. The great majority come to the host nation under diplomatic cover. They have a nominal day job at the embassy as their cover and thus are there on a diplomatic passport with full diplomatic immunity. If the host nation catches them engaging in espionage all the host nation can legally do to declare them "Persona Non Grata" and expel them. They cannot arrest them.
It would be extremely unusual for Japan to have an intelligence officer working as a professor at a foreign university. Such an person has no diplomatic immunity. One could see using intelligence officers working outside of diplomatic cover to infiltrate a terrorist organization but it doesn't seem necessary for the kinds of espionage conducted against nation states. Why send a Japanese to take photos of militarily sensitive things and risk losing them when you can send a "diplomat" to do the same exact things and the worst that happens is they get expelled.
The accusation the guy is a spy is bs. He was just a soft target easy to kidnap and use as leverage to get something out of the Japanese government. The Russians do this sort of thing all the time.
JJE
Why was he down on the Belarus-Ukraine border?
Desert Tortoise
Do we know with certainty he was? I am not inclined to believe anything coming from the government of Belarus.
starpunk
Belarus is a dictatorship, a rump state from the USSR just like Russia is once again. Thing is, Belarus has always had a dirtbag as a head of government. Note how a few J6 traitors have fled to that country. You can't depend on Belarus for anything.