The spokesperson made the remarks in response to questions regarding the second court hearing in the case of Kodai Murata, a former Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) officer who was dismissed after allegedly breaking into the Chinese Embassy in Japan while carrying a knife in March this year.
The Tokyo District Court held the second court hearing in the case on Tuesday. Prosecutors sought 18 months in prison for Murata, while his defense counsel requested that he be sentenced to a fine.
The spokesperson said that an active-duty SDF officer’s act of breaking into the Chinese Embassy with a knife and making violent threats gravely infringes upon China’s sovereignty and dignity, and severely endangers the personal safety of Chinese diplomatic staff and the security of the diplomatic premises.
