Interview with Franck and Yumi – The French man arrested during an anti-nuke parade in Tokyo, Sep 14, 2011
We interviewed Franck and Yumi who were arrested and then released by the police during the Anti-nuclear demonstration in Shinjuku, Tokyo on the 11th of September. During the interview with the two of them in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry two days after the demonstration, they told us what actually happened on that day.
(Subtitle Edit : Akie Igarashi)
*This is a motion video of all this which was shot and translated by a third person.
According to their account, while Franck was protesting against a group that was against the anti-nuclear movement in Japan (Zaitokukai), a police man suddenly charged at him. He then spontaneously pushed away the police man and became arrested for the act. His wife, who was on the demonstration with him, was also caught by the police who ignored an assault against her by a member the group who were opposed the demonstrators.
Franck said with humor, “These malicious arrests might cause a decrease in the public’s trust for the National Police of Japan” at the mention of those 12 arrestees the police had made during the Anti-nuclear demonstration.
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