持刀闯入中国驻日本大使馆的原自卫官村田晃大案结审：检方求刑1年6个月、12月24日宣判
日本东京地方法院11月10日对原陆上自卫队三等陆尉村田晃大持刀闯入中国驻日本大使馆一案举行结审庭审，检方要求判处其拘禁刑1年6个月，辩方要求判处罚金，法庭宣布将于12月24日宣判。
村田晃大现年24岁，原服役于陆上自卫队惠比诺驻屯地（宫崎县）。起诉书指控，他于今年3月24日携带一把刃长约18厘米的菜刀，翻越带刺铁丝网的防护栅栏闯入位于东京港区元麻布的中国驻日本大使馆院内，并向使馆职员递交写有威胁杀害外交人员字句的纸片，被控侵入建筑物、胁迫及违反《枪铳刀剑类所持等取缔法》。
检方在结审陈述中指出，被告出于对中国外交姿态的强烈不满实施极端行为，持刀闯入使馆是独善而自以为是的犯行，给使馆人员造成巨大恐惧，并可能对两国外交关系造成严重影响。辩方则主张，被告的目的只是与大使对话、没有加害他人的意图，胁迫罪不成立，罚金刑已足够。村田晃大在最后陈述中向受害方再次道歉。
此案10月1日在东京地方法院首次开庭时，村田晃大承认侵入建筑物与非法持刀两项指控，但否认胁迫指控。日本陆上自卫队已于8月28日对其作出惩戒免职处分。检方此前曾对其进行精神鉴定，认定其具有刑事责任能力后提起公诉。
中国驻日本大使馆发言人10月31日曾就首次开庭答记者问，指出自卫队现役官员持刀侵闯中国大使馆是国际社会前所未闻的恶性事件，严重违反《维也纳外交关系公约》，敦促日方依法严惩凶犯、彻查整改并作出负责任的交代。
（来源：共同社）
Prosecutors Seek 18 Months for Ex-SDF Officer Who Entered Chinese Embassy in Tokyo With a Knife; Verdict Due Dec. 24
A Tokyo District Court hearing on Nov. 10 closed the trial of Kodai Murata, a former Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer charged over entering the grounds of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo with a knife, with prosecutors seeking a prison term of one year and six months and the defense asking for a fine. The court set the verdict for Dec. 24.
Murata, 24, was a third lieutenant stationed at the GSDF's Ebino garrison in Miyazaki Prefecture. According to the indictment, on March 24 he climbed a barbed-wire fence into the embassy compound in Moto-Azabu, Minato Ward, carrying a kitchen knife with a blade of about 18 centimeters, and handed embassy staff a note threatening to kill Chinese diplomats. He is charged with building intrusion, intimidation and violating the firearms and swords control law.
In closing arguments, prosecutors said Murata, driven by strong resentment of China's diplomatic posture, acted in a self-righteous and self-centered way, caused great fear among embassy staff and risked serious harm to bilateral diplomatic relations. The defense argued his purpose was only to talk with the ambassador, that he had no intent to harm anyone, that the intimidation charge does not stand and that a fine is appropriate. Murata apologized again to those affected in his final statement.
At the first hearing on Oct. 1, Murata admitted the intrusion and knife-possession charges but denied intimidation. The Ground Self-Defense Force dismissed him on disciplinary grounds on Aug. 28. Prosecutors had earlier ordered a psychiatric evaluation and indicted him after he was found criminally responsible.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Japan said on Oct. 31, after the first hearing, that a serving Self-Defense Force officer entering the embassy with a knife was an egregious incident without precedent internationally and a serious violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, urging Japan to punish the offender strictly under the law, investigate and rectify the problems, and give a responsible account.
(Source: Kyodo News)
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