MADRID 29 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
A Chinese citizen residing in Japan pleaded guilty this Friday to defiling the Japanese Yasukuni Shrine with graffiti, which houses the mortal remains of war criminals during World War II, in a protest against the dumping of treated radioactive water. of the Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima.
The Chinese national has been identified as 29-year-old Jiang Zhuojun, who was caught on video appearing to urinate on a stone pillar at the shrine before writing the word “toilet” on the rock in red paint.
The accused has assured during his admission that his protest had nothing to do with the war and that it was actually directed against the discharge of treated water from the nuclear power plant, a cleaning protocol after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that China denounces it as an act of pollution despite the guarantees in this regard offered by the Japanese Government.
Jiang, a resident of Japan for eleven years, according to the summary collected by the ‘Japan Times’, has gone so far as to say that he had no idea of the existence of the sanctuary until he visited it last May and that he had “no interest.” “any” in the history of conflicts between both countries.
“I just want to protect the sea. I do not harbor any kind of animosity towards the sanctuary,” said the accused.