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TennoChinko wrote:Although I doubt he'll find out, I'm wondering whether the raid was sparked by a report to the Immigration snitch site:
http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/zyouhou/index.html (Japanese-only)
Theoretically, you could use it to "drop a dime" on anyone - even yourself (eg. get a Japanese friend to call from a payphone or whatever ... "suspicious-looking" gaijin living down the hall in #507]Kimoi[/i]"
Yokohammer wrote:Assuming his story is on the level, and it sounds like it is, this is the only reason I can think of.
Could quite possibly have been someone he pissed off somewhere due to some real or imagined slight, or even a pissed-off ex-girlfriend. We know that some Japanese won't get in your face when they're upset with something you've said or done, but will happily take the anonymous backdoor approach to revenge. Registering your name and number with tele-marketers is one cowardly method that has been discussed here (been a victim of that one myself, in fact).
So yeah, revenge sounds like a likelihood.
But you'd think that immigration would already know who and where you are, so there'd be no need to physically show up at the door. Of course it could just be the lazy response. Too much trouble to check with the ward office.
Still, this is a disturbing story.
TennoChinko wrote:Not that I think any more of these cases are attractive (eg. Chris Johnson, Todd Macdonald) but at least this month we get a report on Japanese law enforcement/bureaucracy acting badly in a clean straightforward fashion.
Although I doubt he'll find out, I'm wondering whether the raid was sparked by a report to the Immigration snitch site:
http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/zyouhou/index.html (Japanese-only)
Theoretically, you could use it to "drop a dime" on anyone - even yourself (eg. get a Japanese friend to call from a payphone or whatever ... "suspicious-looking" gaijin living down the hall in #507]Kimoi[/i]"
chokonen888 wrote:THIS
I'm just glad the bitch that was broadcasting my keitai mail on deai sites doesn't have my home addy. Not the kind of situation one wants to be in.
I bet "PS" is wishing he never even opened the door. (I sure as hell don't anymore...unless its Takyubin bringing me packages!) As to the behavior of of the immigration officials, that's insane. Physically blocking the door? If that had been me, he would have had a bloody nose and his fingers smashed in the door jam before the po po's showed up. (similar situation happened to me in the US years ago but it wasn't immigration) Unfortunately, while one would hope the po po's would find your position reasonable when you explain immigration wouldn't let you have a reasonable look at their badge...but TIJ
GomiGirl wrote:What I don't like is the comment that "I pay their salaries as I pay my taxes." That is pretty lame. Public Servants are not your actual servants dude.
chokonen888 wrote:Must not be payin' enough....when their badges are so bad they have to be handwritten...not exactly making it very credible in the eyes of most people...Japanese or FG.
GomiGirl wrote:What I don't like is the comment that "I pay their salaries as I pay my taxes." That is pretty lame. Public Servants are not your actual servants dude.
Greji wrote:A quick call to 110 ban, saying there are four people breaking into my home with no warrant of any kind, and who claim to be some sort of police officials would have started some interesting action. The police are jealous and do not like any other agencies coming on to their turf without notification. Might of prompted a good old fist fight when the koban crowd arrived.....
james wrote:how is that lame? they're government officials whose salaries are, in fact, paid out of the public purse, which is what you, me and every other law-abiding gaijin grab our ankles and lube up to pay into every god damn year with nothing to show for it. the least they could have done was shown some fucking courtesy.
GomiGirl wrote:Totally agree that they were in the wrong - this is not what my comment was referring to.
But the general attitude of "I pay their salaries" makes it sound like you are trying to act like their boss or superior and makes you sound lame.
If you work in the private sector it doesn't mean that you are higher on the social totem pole than a public servant - public servants pay their taxes too.
Nobody enjoys paying taxes but saying there is nothing to show for it is a bit naive.
GomiGirl wrote:Totally agree that they were in the wrong - this is not what my comment was referring to.
But the general attitude of "I pay their salaries" makes it sound like you are trying to act like their boss or superior and makes you sound lame.
If you work in the private sector it doesn't mean that you are higher on the social totem pole than a public servant - public servants pay their taxes too.
Nobody enjoys paying taxes but saying there is nothing to show for it is a bit naive.
chokonen888 wrote:
I bet "PS" is wishing he never even opened the door. (I sure as hell don't anymore...unless its Takyubin bringing me packages!) (
Level3 wrote:I just don't get why they sent 4 extra people to this guy's place. Why the fuck do they have us all register at the kuyakosho, hand over our head shots, and even our fingerprints, if they can't be bothered to just check those records?
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