Kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo uSato Junichi noSuzuki Toru babengamadoda aqhelekileyo anyamekela iintsapho eziselula. Kodwa ngoJuni babanjwa liqela lamapolisa anxibe iyunifomu, basiwa kwiziko lokuvalelwa eAomori, emantla eJapan baza bagcinwa iintsuku ezingama-26.
Baye banikwa ibheyile emva kokuhlawula i-4,000,000 yen nganye, kodwa ukukhululwa kwabo kunemiqathango ephezulu. Kananjalo akavumelekanga ukudibana ngokukhululekileyo okanye ukuthetha, ukushiya ikhaya ixesha elide okanye ukuhamba phesheya. Zombini zijongwe ngabacuphi kwaye ziyalandelwa. Banokuthetha kuphela neentatheli, ngokwahlukeneyo, kwiofisi yegqwetha labo. Nakuphi na ukwaphulwa kwale miqathango kuya kubabuyisela entolongweni.
Ulwaphulo-mthetho lwabo? - Ukuthatha ibhokisi ye-23-kg yenyama yomnenga kwindawo yokugcina impahla yenkampani. Ukuba, njengoko kubonakala ngathi, afunyaniswa enetyala lokungena ngaphandle kwemvume nobusela, ajongene neminyaka elishumi entolongweni.
Ngamanye amaxesha kukho amapolisa amathathu agade umzi wam,โ utsho uSato (32) othe waphekwa ngemibuzo engayekiyo kwaye uyavuma ukuba le ngxaki ibinzima kusapho lwakhe. "Bazigcinile kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo banenkxalabo enkulu." USuzuki (41) wayekuphepha ukutyelelwa yinkosikazi yakhe kuba engafuni ukuba umntwana wakhe oneminyaka emibini ambone esiseleni samapolisa.
Ukubanjwa kwamatsha ntliziyo eGreenpeace uSato kunye noSuzuki sisihlandlo sokugqibela kwimfazwe ekrakra phakathi kwabakhankasi abachasayo ukubanjwa kweminenga kunye nabasemagunyeni baseJapan. Ukungavisisani phakathi kwala macala mabini kuye kwabakho ukusukela oko iJapan yabhengeza kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuba iinqanawa zayo ziya kongeza iminenga engama-50 kwingxabano yonyaka kuLwandle oluMazantsi.
Uqhanqalazo lwamazwe ngamazwe lunyanzelise ukuba kurhoxiswe ukubulawa kwabantu abane-humpback kodwa kwangatyhafi kwintetho ehlabayo ye-Arhente yezokuLoba yaseJapan, eyagxeka iGreenpeace ngokuthi "ngabanqolobi".
Kwelo cala, iGreenpeace inyuse umdla kweli phulo kulo nyaka ngophando kwinto abayithethayo bubuqhophololo obukhulu kwinqanawa enkulu yokuloba iminenga yaseJapan, iNisshin Maru. Uphando lwafikelela kwisigqibo sokuthintela ibhokisi yenyama yomnenga kwindawo yokugcina impahla phakathi ku-Epreli, enye yeepasile ezingama-47 ekutyholwa ukuba zithunyelwe ngamalungu e-Nisshin Maru kwiidilesi kulo lonke elaseJapan.
Ngokutsho kweGreenpeace, abalobi beminenga abakhwele enqanaweni kudala benelungelo lokuzikhethela indlela yokunqunyulwa kwinkxaso-mali karhulumente yokubambisa iminenga, abayithengisa kwimarike emnyama. "Oku bekusenzeka ngokucwangcisiweyo iminyaka," utshilo isithethi seqela lase-Ireland uDave Walsh, othi abalobi beminenga bafumana amawaka eedola ngesizini ngento esele ixhaswa yirhafu.
USato noSuzuki babhengeze ezi zityholo kwinkomfa noonondaba eyabangela umdla kwihlabathi liphela, ngaphambi kokuba banikezele inyama emapoliseni ngoMeyi. Abasemagunyeni baphendule ngokungawahoyi amabango kwaye baqalise iphulo elibi elichasene neGreenpeace.
Amapolisa angama-38 anikwe ingxelo evela e-Aomori ukuba aphande ngetyala "lobusela", kunye neqela elikhulu labacuphi abakhethekileyo baseTokyo, abakhabileyo ingxabano kaSato kunye noSuzuki yokuba inyama yabolekwa ukubonisa inqaku, ayibiwanga.
Iirekhodi zefowuni zeGreenpeace zabanjwa, iofisi yayo yaseTokyo yagqogqa kwaye amakhaya amalungu aliqela akhangelwa. Abasebenzi bakamabonwakude bancamile kwaye balinda ngaphandle kweofisi ukurekhoda ukhangelo kamva bafaka iingxelo zokuba amalungu eGreenpeace avalelwe phantsi "kwemithetho yokulwa nobunqolobi."
Ngaba isehlo esincinci sobusela bepropathi esixabisa mhlawumbi i-$3000 sikholisa ukugunyazisa olo phando lubiza imali eninzi nolulungelelaniswe ngononophelo? IOfisi yabatshutshisi be-Aomori okanye amapolisa ase-Aomori ayiphendulanga imibuzo evela kwi-Irish Times malunga neli tyala, okanye yintoni enokuthi ixhokonxe. I-Arhente yezokuLoba yaseJapan nayo yalile ukuya kwirekhodi, nangona igosa learhente, lithetha ngokungaziwa, liwakhabile amabango okuba ukubanjwa kwaba babini kwakunempembelelo yezopolitiko.
โImiboniso yohlobo lwaseNtshona (ayimkelwa) ngabaninzi baseJapan,โ utshilo. "Isimo sengqondo (seGreenpeace) sithathwa njengokungakhathali kwaye sinekratshi ngabaninzi." Eli gosa lathi la madoda mabini โzizigebengaโ ezinyanzelise abasemagunyeni ukuba bathathe amanyathelo.
"Qaphela ukuba abakwenzileyo ayilolwaphulo-mthetho olulula kodwa...abacela umngeni emapoliseni nakurhulumente kuphela, kodwa nakuluntu jikelele." Ngenxa yomsindo jikelele owenziwe ngaba babini, eli gosa lithi, "Ndiyakholelwa, amapolisa agqibe kwelokuba awuthathele ingqalelo lo mba."
Kodwa uKaido Yuichi, igqwetha lala madoda mabini, uthi izityholo zamadoda amabini zigqithile. "Abazange batye okanye bathengise inyama; babezama ukubhenca ubuqhophololo kunye nokusetyenziswa kakubi kwemali yerhafu. Into abayenzayo isenokufaneleka ukuba bathethe isohlwayo okanye isilumkiso, bangabanjwa kwaye bavalelwe entolongweni." Uthi amajelo eendaba aseJapan, eneneni, sele egwetyiwe la madoda.
Ukubanjwa kwabo babizwa ngokuba yiTokyo Two kubangele iphulo lehlabathi lonke lokususa amagama abo kunye nokubhenca oko amatshantliziyo akubiza ngokuba kukuzingelwa kwamagqwirha.
Abaxhasi beGreenpeace babethe abatshutshisi be-Aomori ngaphezulu kwekota yesigidi-imeyile befuna ukuba izityholo ezichasene naba babini zirhoxiswe, kwaye igqiza lanikezela ileta yoqhanqalazo kwiofisi yeNkulumbuso uTaro Aso izolo. Uqhanqalazo lucwangciswe kule veki ngaphandle koonozakuzaku baseJapan kwihlabathi liphela.
Uqhanqalazo luza njengoko iinqanawa zaseJapan zokuloba iminenga kwakhona zisingise kuLwandle oluMazantsi zikhangela i-935 minke kunye ne-50 fin whales, eyinxalenye yohambo lwazo lonyaka "lwesayensi ye-whaling". Ukuhamba kwenqanawa ngoNovemba kwakugutyungelwe imfihlo ukunqanda uqhanqalazo.
USato noSuzuki bajongana nothotho lweeseshini zaphambi kokuvavanywa kwetyala likawonke-wonke, mhlawumbi ngelinye ixesha kuMatshi ozayo. Okwangoku, baceba ukuzithethelela. Nangona bembalwa abakholelwa ukuba inkundla iya kuwisa isigwebo esona sikhulu, bathi abathathi nto. โAsinakuyijongela phantsi into enokwenzeka kuba eli tyala liye laba lezopolitiko,โ utshilo uSuzuki.
Uhleli onwabile, kodwa uSato, itshantliziyo elinamava ngakumbi, wehlile emzimbeni kwaye ukhangeleka ediniwe luxinzelelo lolingo oluzayo. Sekunjalo, ubiza ukubanjwa kwakhe "okulungileyo" kuba kuye kwavumela abantu ukuba babone oko akubiza ngokuba ziingxaki kuluntu lwaseJapan. "Kukho ukunqongophala kwedemokhrasi kunye noxinzelelo olukhulu kwintshukumo yabemi. Oku kucacile ukuba lugqithiso lwabasemagunyeni."
Njengobungqina, uthi xa amapolisa egqogqa ikhaya lakhe, babonakala bevuya kukufumana isikipa awayesinxibile kwinkomfa yoonondaba ka-Epreli apho benza amabango obuqhophololo, โengqinaโ ukuba ukho. "Ndandingakhanyeli ukuba ndikho. Kodwa babedinga into yokubonisa abeendaba belinde phambi kwendlu yam."
UDavid McNeill ubhalela I Irish Times kunye namanye amaphephandaba, kuquka Inkcazo yeMfundo ePhakamileyo kwaye Ezizimeleyo. Ungumnxibelelanisi woJoliso lwaseJapan.
Eli nqaku lapapashwa kwi IJapan Times ngoDisemba 9, 2008.
Eli nqaku lishicilelwe kwakhona I-Asia-Pacific Journal: I-Japan Focus, enikezela ngemibono ebalulekileyo kwimiba yangoku kunye neengxabano kummandla we-Asia-Pacific.
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