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Tokyo Reported
25-05-2025
- Tokyo Reported
American suspected in pepper-spray incident in Chiba: 'I lost my mind'
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have sent an American male to prosecutors over a pepper-spray incident at a shopping mall in Inzai City that sickened more than 40 people last week, reports (May 25). At around 2:40 p.m. on May 23, Eric Yen-Joo Lin, 51, allegedly sprayed pepper spray at two other men, aged 72 and 69, in the parking lot of Aeon Mall Chiba New Town. On Sunday police sent Lin to prosecutors on suspicion of inflicting injury. 'I lost my mind and sprayed the pepper spray,' Lin told police. 'I was attacked too.' Eric Yen-Joo Lin (X) The male targets of the spray, who had been shopping, suffered minor injuries, the Inzai Police Station said previously. According to police, 44 people complained of feeling unwell after the pepper spray was sprayed by Lin. Of them, twelve were taken to a hospital. Lin also told police that he had gotten into a dispute with the two men over cigarettes before the incident.
Tokyo Reported
23-05-2025
- Tokyo Reported
American in custody after Chiba pepper-spray incident sickens 40
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police on Friday arrested an American male following a pepper-spray incident at a shopping mall in Inzai City sickened more than 40 people, reports Nippon News Network (May 23). At around 2:40 p.m., Eri Yen-Joo Lin, 51, allegedly sprayed pepper spray at two other men, aged 72 and 69, in the parking lot of Aeon Mall Chiba New Town. Both men, who had been shopping, suffered minor injuries, police said. According to the Inzai Police Station, 44 people complained of feeling unwell after the pepper spray was sprayed by Lin. Of them, twelve were taken to a hospital. Lin told police that he had gotten into a dispute with the men over cigarettes. 'I lost my temper and sprayed the pepper spray,' he said. Police accused Lin of inflicting injury. They are also speaking with the hospitalized men to learn the details of what led to the incident. Shopping mall The shopping mall where the incident occurred is mainly composed of four buildings. The parking lot is on the first floor. After the incident, many police officers and emergency personnel gathered to deal with the situation. As well, several wheelchairs were seen being brought in and access to some of the aisles near the parking lot was restricted, reports NHK (May 23). A woman who was eating with three friends at a restaurant on the first floor of the shopping mall said, 'Suddenly, the people around me started coughing and my nose started stinging. About 20 people, including customers and store clerks, had the same symptoms. We got better quickly, but some were more severe. It was the first time something like this had happened to me, so I was surprised.' A woman in her 60s who lives in the city had come to shop at the facility. She said, 'I went into a store near the parking lot on the first floor, and suddenly started coughing uncontrollably, so the store clerk gave me some tea. My throat was itchy and it's still there. The atmosphere inside the facility was not the usual peaceful one, and I didn't know what was going on.'
AsiaOne
02-05-2025
- AsiaOne
Singapore car driver filmed getting into brawl with man at parking lot in JB, Malaysia News
A Singaporean driver was caught on camera getting involved in an altercation with another man at a parking lot in Johor Bahru. The incident occurred around 4pm at the car park outside Aeon Mall Bukit Indah on Thursday (May 1), China Press reported. According to China Press, the conflict began when the Singaporean driver of a white Toyota allegedly blocked the road and was honked at by another vehicle. Enraged, he then exited his car and approached the aquamarine-coloured vehicle behind. A 41-second video clip, which appeared to be filmed by a passenger in the car behind, showed the Singaporean in green pinning another man against the latter's open car door. After the two men were separated, the Singaporean driver was seen aggressively pointing his finger and yelling at the other man before walking back to his car. In the original Facebook post, which has been made private, the user appeared to mock the driver, writing: "Singaporeans are more powerful?" She added that he'd asked the man to "wait for the police to arrive", to which he said it "depends on his mood". In a media statement on Friday (May 2), the Johor Iskandar Puteri police confirmed the incident and said investigations are ongoing. They added that the two men involved in the incident were a 49-year-old Singaporean and a 21-year-old Malaysian. [[nid:716659]]
