“In a civilized country, this shouldn’t happen.” Japanese citizen Hideji Suzuki, who was freed last year after six years in custody in China, describes his ordeal.
Hideji Suzuki, former head of a Japan-China friendship organization, was held in China for more than six years over what he says was a false charge of espionage.In the afternoon of July 15, 2016, Hideji Suzuki got out of a taxi at the Beijing airport to catch a plane back to Japan following a five-day Japan-China friendship event.
He recalls that after he walked a few steps, five muscular men suddenly surrounded him and asked him in Chinese whether he was Mr. Suzuki. He said yes and was shoved into a white van. The men told him he was being detained on suspicion of espionage, blindfolded him and seized his phone.
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