Once again someone in China dresses up as a Japanese wartime soldier. Once again it ends badly
Leader of promotional event detained for organising march through streets in military uniform
Police in eastern China have detained a man for organising a parade of people dressed as Japanese imperial soldiers, the latest in a string of similar incidents.
Police in Lianyungang, a city in Jiangsu province, received a call on Sunday from people who had spotted the parade, according to the official Weibo account of the Gangyu district public security bureau.
Officers found there were more than 10 people in uniforms carrying imitation sabres and firearms. They were led by 32-year-old local surnamed Zhong, who said he was planning a promotional event for a short film he was making and a local car company.
A video on news portal youth.cn shows the team holding signs with the words “Japs coming to Ganyu”, the name of a short film that online entertainment group Ganyu Huanzi was planning to shoot.
Some were also holding signs with QR codes leading to the homepage of a local car dealer, Jiangsu Yongcheng.
Police said they had detained Zhong for disrupting public order and is looking into the case of others involved.
The phone number listed on the car firm’s website was turned off when the South China Morning Post called, while Ganyu Huanzi’s phone was busy all Tuesday.