Japanese Consulate Official Kills Himself

In today's newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun (The Daily Newspaper), confirms that a public official working at the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai committed suicide in May 2005. The official left a note saying that he had been approached by a Chinese from an intelligence agency who had wanted the Japanese to pass state secrets to the PRC. It appears that the Japanese official was placed in a compromising position (i.e. acts deemed inappropriate) and was being blackmailed by the Chinese intelligence officer.

While it is sad that the Japanese official took his own life, I am glad that he did the honorable act: kill himself. The official knew that if he betrayed Japan, the lives of other Japanese officials and the Japanese would be "at extreme risk".

As I have said elsewhere, I do not trust the CCP nor would I ever want to have business dealings with them or their 'so-called' - state agencies.