Now that the weather is hot, it is normal to be easily irritable and angry in summer, but today's news still shocked the editor. Japan has also recently ushered in the sweltering heat and plum rainy season, and the air is hot and humid, and the high temperature has been irritating for several days. The incident took place in the unusually hot city of Kyoto, where two 37-year-old company employees were arrested by the police for injuring a male colleague by putting him in a large washing machine and activating it.
The two suspects, arrested on suspicion of assault, are Kazuki Naoe, 37, and Yosuke Uejima, 37, both of whom are company employees living in Kyoto City.
According to the police, the two are suspected of putting a 50-year-old male colleague into a large washing machine installed at a commercial laundry in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, where they work, and deliberately leaving the washing machine running, causing bruises all over the body that took two weeks to recover.
The male victim was an intellectually disabled person, and the suspect told the victim before committing the crime that he was put in the washing machine because he smelled bad. From the police report, it is not clear how the victim replied at the time, whether he resisted, but probably because of the victim's own physical defects, even in the face of this situation, there is nothing to be done, and can only be bullied, which makes people feel angry when they think about it.
Now the weather is already very hot, and the person concerned is engaged in manual work, and it is normal for the body to sweat and smell, but even if there is a smell, you can't do such an outrageous thing.
Not to mention the parties who are engaged in manual work, it is common to smell when sweating in the summer when the space in the office is relatively small and closed. In particular, many offices are located in very tall buildings, and such buildings generally have no windows and cannot be ventilated, and they all rely on circulation systems such as central air conditioning and ventilation, so it is normal to have a smell.
It's hot and people are more likely to be irritable, but no matter how irritable you are, you can't bully your colleagues like this, and there is no way to do it if you smell sweat in the summer when the temperature is 3 or 40 degrees Celsius.
Everyone must also be surprised how the washing machine can fit an adult man, but it is understood that the washing machine used to commit the crime is a large drum type washing machine, about 2 meters long and wide, used to wash plush toys and tents used in events. And the washing machine locks automatically when the door is closed, and it's so hot inside, not to mention that it's hard to imagine how terrible the torture the victim endured when the weather was already hot.
The most incomprehensible thing is that no one actually found out about the incident after the incident, and the people around did not feel abnormal. Instead, a few days after the injury, when the man went to the hospital for a check-up, a doctor thought his injuries were suspicious and reported the case to the police. The police investigated and found out about the situation.
Then if the doctor does not feel suspicious, or does not report to the police even if he finds it suspicious, the victim is likely to bear all this in vain, and the suspect will not be punished. The editor thinks this can show that other people in the victim's workplace environment are also relatively indifferent, and they can't even find such a suspicious thing, or they don't report it to the police.
It is worth mentioning that probably because he was deeply hit and hurt, the victim man resigned. Not only did the victim suffer, but he also had to leave the familiar workplace environment, and it was very pitiful that it was not easy to find a job as a physically handicapped person, but now he was forced to leave his job because he was bullied and hurt.
After being arrested by police, the two suspects confessed to the charges, and police are now investigating more specific details.
In fact, such incidents are not uncommon in Japan, and workplace bullying, rather than bullying itself, is a very serious problem in Japanese society.
Many comments under this news also said that such bullying behavior is everywhere, and some netizens even think that it is not because of this atmosphere that children can learn the same way, resulting in the proliferation of school bullying in Japan, and children can easily encounter bullying and cannot go to school.
"Why do children bully people? Because adults do the same; Videos of tragic scenes of bullying are often featured on social networking sites and TV reports. Even if we look at it objectively and think it's scary or incredible, we tend to forget about it when we become one of them in a relationship like work. If we want to create a society free of bullies, each of us should objectively examine our actions every day and consider the impact of our actions on society with a sense of responsibility as an adult. ”
Japanese netizens believe that it is also because of the indifference of the people around them that led to such an incident, and believe that bullying must have existed for a long time, only this time it was discovered. And the company is supposed to protect its employees from this kind of bullying.
"It's not just a matter of the two perpetrators, it's also the structure of the company. It is very likely that this type of bullying of the weak is happening and perpetrating more or less on a daily basis. Such atrocities could not have happened suddenly. It must have been escalating gradually. The perpetrator may be so violent on a daily basis that the people around them turn a blind eye, and the company must have ignored the reports of victims and witnesses because it is too much trouble to deal with them. Companies receive subsidies by employing people with disabilities and therefore have a responsibility to protect them. The company's negligence cannot be ignored, and the company should be jointly and severally liable with the perpetrators. ”
Especially after the netizens in the comment area, everyone is more sympathetic to the victims who were locked in the washing machine.
"I am the manager of a cleaning plant. Commercial washing machines cannot be operated with the hatch open. Of course, there is no lever on the inside of the drum, so it is impossible to escape. If the washing machine is operated according to the normal cleaning routine, water, hot water and steam will enter the drum, which can easily cause choking and burns. So I think that the perpetrator understands this, so it is done manually in a short time with the weakest dehydration procedure, but even then, abrasions are inevitable due to the presence of smooth but evenly spaced protrusions inside the drum. This goes beyond pranks or bullying. I would like to see him severely punished for attempted murder. ”
"Is the large washing machine installed in the laundry different from the washing machine in the laundry? I often use the laundry attached to the dry cleaner, but when you put the money in the washing machine, the washing machine locks and doesn't open until it's done. How did that man come out? The inside of the washing machine is metal, with a large fan blade that is used to turn clothes, and I don't know how he stood on it without hitting his head. ”
Japanese netizens also felt that the victim had to leave the company because of this, which was very pitiful and infuriating.
"This male victim, he left not because he did anything wrong, he left because he was attacked. Despite his intellectual disability, he still suffers from pain, trying to get out of the pain and suffering that hurt him. It's a sadness. You are a person who has a much harder life than the person who attacked you. I'm glad the suspect was arrested. ”
The editor feels that the reason why this incident has made Japanese netizens angry and sad is because it is not only an individual phenomenon, but a long-standing problem in Japanese society, but it has not been able to be solved. It is a very disturbing fact that bullying can happen in any setting, from children to adults. We only hope that the police can find out more details as soon as possible, give the suspects the punishment they deserve, and comfort people, so that such incidents will become less and less.