“He was a good kid… .”
This is what the family of Mr. A, a man in his 20s who was arrested as a suspect in a robbery and murder case that occurred in Yokohama, Japan on the 15th, said. According to the Asahi Shimbun, Mr. A made a living by working in the painting business. Although he did not talk much, he was said to be a person who knew how to greet his family warmly. Mr. A, who lived a poor but honest life, somehow became involved in ‘Yamibaito’ (a compound word of ‘Yami(闇)’ meaning ‘darkness’ and ‘Baito(バイト)’ meaning ‘part-time job’) and became a criminal. Did it happen?
According to the Asahi Shimbun on the 23rd, 32 people directly responsible for committing the crimes were arrested in 11 of the 14 robberies that have occurred since August in the Kanto region, which is the metropolitan area. Although the police investigation is ongoing, most of the 14 cases are presumed to have been caused by Yamibaito.
Citing an investigation official, Asahi reported that many of the arrested suspects were in their 20s, and that many of them had applied for job advertisements posted on SNS If you apply for this advertisement, you will first be instructed to install a highly anonymous communication application on your mobile phone. Applicants are also asked to send a photo of their driver’s license, etc. It is only after that that the ‘director’ who leads the crime appears. The instructing station determines a place for those who applied to gather, and tells some to prepare tapes, hammers, etc. to be used in committing a crime. Asahi pointed out that “there are many cases where it was a gathering place where multiple applicants met for the first time, knowing that it was the ‘execution station’ for the crime.” Of course, some of them gathered because they wanted compensation, “even though they assumed it was related to a minor crime.” If you hesitate after knowing that it is a heinous crime, the commanding officer threatens you by saying, “I know the house” and “What happens to your family?” When entering the crime scene, the commanding officer will say through a communication app, “There will be a safe. Give specific instructions such as “Find it.” Asahi reported, “Some of the executives who received compensation later received instructions related to the next incident.”
As the damage caused by Yamibaito continued while the main culprit, Shijiro, was not arrested, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced on the 22nd that he would expand the budget for crime prevention. He said, “We will strengthen information gathering on social media and publicity (such as informing people of crime situations),” and added, “If necessary, we will respond by securing budget for crime prevention patrol vehicles.”
Tokyo = Correspondent Kang Gu-yeol river910@segye.com
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