Coast guard admits video leak
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November 11, 2010, Thursday
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A JAPANESE coast guard officer is being questioned after he admitted leaking a video of a collision between a patrol vessel and a Chinese fishing boat, a senior official told parliament yesterday.
Japanese authorities have been trying to determine the source of the leak, which has raised concerns of a new flare-up in tensions.
The video, posted on YouTube last Friday, shows the September 7 collision near the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. The incident and Japan's detention of the fishing boat captain sparked a sharp rift between the countries, with China suspending ministerial-level contacts.
The footage has not been officially released. An edited shorter version was shown to some legislators.
Coast guard chief Hisayasu Suzuki, responding to questioning by an opposition lawmaker in parliament, said the officer had told his captain that he posted the video on the Internet.
Chief cabinet secretary Yoshito Sengoku said the leak by a government employee, if true, would be a grave matter, while Prime Minister Naoto Kan conceded he shares responsibility for the incident.
"No matter who did this, it is regrettable that information that was not supposed to become public has been disclosed," Kan told a parliamentary panel. "Various government branches have been involved. But as the person in charge of the cabinet, I would be responsible too."
Japanese media say prosecutors have obtained the video from the Japan office of Google, which owns YouTube. Authorities obtained a warrant and received information showing a strong possibility the video had been uploaded from an Internet cafe in Kobe, western Japan.
Google does not typically release such information about its users, but will do so if required by law, company spokesman Yoshito Funabashi said in Tokyo.
Japanese authorities have been trying to determine the source of the leak, which has raised concerns of a new flare-up in tensions.
The video, posted on YouTube last Friday, shows the September 7 collision near the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. The incident and Japan's detention of the fishing boat captain sparked a sharp rift between the countries, with China suspending ministerial-level contacts.
The footage has not been officially released. An edited shorter version was shown to some legislators.
Coast guard chief Hisayasu Suzuki, responding to questioning by an opposition lawmaker in parliament, said the officer had told his captain that he posted the video on the Internet.
Chief cabinet secretary Yoshito Sengoku said the leak by a government employee, if true, would be a grave matter, while Prime Minister Naoto Kan conceded he shares responsibility for the incident.
"No matter who did this, it is regrettable that information that was not supposed to become public has been disclosed," Kan told a parliamentary panel. "Various government branches have been involved. But as the person in charge of the cabinet, I would be responsible too."
Japanese media say prosecutors have obtained the video from the Japan office of Google, which owns YouTube. Authorities obtained a warrant and received information showing a strong possibility the video had been uploaded from an Internet cafe in Kobe, western Japan.
Google does not typically release such information about its users, but will do so if required by law, company spokesman Yoshito Funabashi said in Tokyo.
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