Leaked Police Data Now in Book Form

[Mulboyne]

[floatl][/floatl]Japanese police were embarrassed recently when documents relating to counter-terrorism planning, including suspect profiles, leaked onto the internet. Some of those named in the files were shocked at being included and angry that they were under suspicion in any way. Shinjuku publisher Daisanshokan has now released all the leaked data in book form. The publisher is known for producing books highly critical of police and their aim is clearly to embarrass law enforcement. Asked whether such publication of private information is justified, company head Akira Kitagawa pointed out that the damage had already been done by the leaks. He said that by distributing the information more broadly, Daisanshokan wanted to draw attention to the way a lot of this data appeared to have been illegally gathered by the police. Some shops have refused to sell the book but the publishers says it will be on some shelves and also available through online sellers.

[Level3]

If the J cops are actually keeping an eye on Japanese cults and radical Islam (and mosques in general, just to try and figure out which ones are preaching jihad and which aren't), well, it may or may not be illegal, but I'm kinda glad they're apparently doing it.

For once some J cops are actually trying to serve the cause of public safety, rather than checking bicycle registrations? No problem.

Though, these being J cops, I will not be surprised if they're fucking it up (the first step being allowing this data to leak)
I think I'll buy the book.

[Yokohammer]

This is a really interesting development.
Kudos to a bold move by the publisher. The NPA needs to be reined in a bit (not that this'll do it, but it may help).

[Takechanpoo]

Daisanshokan's head Akira Kitagawa is a husband of Tsujimoto Kiyomi who is a Peaceboat founder and Diet member and an ex-member of Japanese Red Army. And probably Z-Korean. The surname Kitagawa is often used as naturalization name by Z-Korean.

[Taro Toporific]

...Akira Kitagawa is a husband of Tsujimoto Kiyomi who is a Peaceboat founder and Diet member and an ex-member of Japanese Red Army. And probably Z-Korean...

Thanks for the input [color="Silver"](if true)[/color]. I have been trying for YEARS to figure out who is really behind the kind-of-creepy Peaceboat*.

*[color="Gray"](Techically speaking as a dye-in-wool pinko I should support the Peaceboat, but ALL the Peaceboat people I have met are creepazoids and have always avoided them since they seemed to closet N-Koreans.)[/color]

[Ganma]

Another article:

'MPD data' book wreaks havoc / Foreign residents who had private info exposed express fear, anger
People who saw their personal information published last week in a book containing what is believed to be police antiterrorism documents are expressing anger and fear over the fallout they could face.

Many foreign residents had their photos and family members' names revealed in the book, which some bookstores have removed from their shelves. It also carries personal information about investigators of the Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau, as well as data on police informants.

It has been about one month since the suspected leak came to light, but the MPD has yet to confirm the data belongs to the department, only saying it is still verifying the validity of the documents. The police have not taken any action, such as requiring the publisher to stop sales of the book.

Experts have called on the MPD to quickly admit the data is real and take action.

[IparryU]

Thanks for the input (if true). I have been trying for YEARS to figure out who is really behind the kind-of-creepy Peaceboat*.

*(Techically speaking as a dye-in-wool pinko I should support the Peaceboat, but ALL the Peaceboat people I have met are creepazoids and have always avoided them since they seemed to closet N-Koreans.)

ya, the peaceboat people i met to were fucking wierdos...

How did Take get his snot mirrored from red to green? McBlowJob and iHime must of dropped the scales down to another level of fuckedness...

Welcome back Takechan!

[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: 'MPD data' book sales halted

The Tokyo District Court has ordered the publisher of a book containing what are believed to be Metropolitan Police Department antiterrorism documents to suspend the publication and sale of the book. The provisional disposition injunction was issued Monday after several Muslim and other residents of Japan demanded the court order Tokyo-based publisher Dai-San Shokan to do so. The book in question contains personal details believed to have been leaked onto the Internet from the MPD's Public Security Bureau. The book lists some people as targets of MPD investigations into international terrorism, printing their names, pictures of their faces and data concerning their families.

The book also carries personal information about MPD police investigators as well as data on police informants. "The book describes [some people it mentions] as if they were suspects in terrorism-related crimes." Regardless of whether they can be held criminally responsible or not, the book "infringed their privacy," the court order said. The court order also said: "It is obvious that [the publication of the book] is not intended to serve the public interests. Publicizing [such data and information] could cause irreparable damage [to those mentioned in the book]."

Dai-San Shokan President Akira Kitagawa said, "I'll consider what we should do from now on."

Lawyers for the petitioners, led by lawyer Kenichiro Kawasaki, held a press conference shortly after 6 p.m. Monday in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district. Kawasaki read out a statement by the petitioners: "Freedom of expression should not be exercised unconditionally nor in an irresponsible manner. Isn't freedom without responsibility a kind of violence?" The petitioners' statement also criticized the MPD response. "[The MPD] has not apologized at all and is only repeating that the issue is under investigation."

The book in question is "Ryushutsu 'Koan Tero Joho' Zen Deta" (Leaked police terrorism info: all data) which was released Thursday. The 469-page book, priced at 2,000 yen, excluding consumption tax, has been sold in Tokyo bookstores. Mosakusha, a bookstore in Shinjuku Ward, said it stocked 200 copies of the book and most of them had been sold by Monday evening.

Maruzen Co., a major bookstore chain, said some of its stores stocked copies of the book but refrained from selling them. "Once a person's privacy is infringed, it's difficult to undo the damage," an official of the company's management planning division said.

Few cases exist where the courts have accepted demands to suspend the publication and sale of books, because doing so may violate the Constitution, which guarantees the freedom of speech and expression and prohibits censorship. In the rare cases in which a book's publication has been prohibited, reasons given include the infringement of privacy and defamation, where the content is obviously not for public benefit and may cause serious and irreparable damage.

Precedents include a 1979 case in which a court ordered the temporary suspension of Hoppo Journal over an article which allegedly defamed a potential candidate in a gubernatorial election, and a 2002 case in which the Supreme Court ordered the publication of a novel by Yu Miri, "Ishi ni Oyogu Sakana" (The Fish Swimming in the Stone), be halted because it infringed the privacy of a woman who was a model for a character in the story.

In March 2004, the Tokyo District Court ordered an issue of Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine to be temporarily suspended because of an article about the private life of the eldest daughter of House of Representatives member Makiko Tanaka. But the decision was later nullified by the Tokyo High Court.

[Mulboyne]

Some Muslims are taking legal action against the police:

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(Japanese)

Elsewhere, I read that police have said they will step up patrols for anyone named in the leaks who feels their safety may be threatened.

[Ganma]

Some Muslims are taking legal action against the police:

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Elsewhere, I read that police have said they will step up patrols for anyone named in the leaks who feels their safety may be threatened.

Good!