Japan consul ‘blindfolded and restrained’ during FSB interrogation in Russia
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo from on (#643DM)
Tokyo demands apology from Moscow after diplomat subjected to coercive interrogation' in Vladivostok
Japan has summoned Russia's ambassador in Tokyo after a Japanese diplomat was blindfolded and physically restrained during an interrogation in Vladivostok.
Japan's foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said Tatsunori Motoki, a consul based in the eastern Russian city, had been subjected to a coercive interrogation" during his detention by Russia's FSB security service.
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