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IP: Japan may begin Wiretapping to Internet
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 22:13:14 -0400
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 09:38:05 +0900 From: izumi () glocom ac jp (Izumi Aizu) Japan's Ministry of Justice has formerly requested its 'Legal System Council' to study possible setup a system to allow official tapping the telecommunications including the Internet as well as telephone, to the police investigation, according to the newspapers. They plan to establish a new legal system sometime next year. The proposed system will be something like: Given official permit from the court, law enforcement agencies can tap into telephone, fax, Internet, online service and other telecommunications services to investigate possible violation of law, targeted at such heavy crimes that deserves death penalty, drug and gun abuse or kidnapping. Details are not clear, but the background is the famous 'Aum' cult case that killed many people with poisnous gas in the subway and other subsequent cases happend early this year. izumi * * * * * * * * * Izumi Aizu * * * * * * * * * * * Institute for HyperNetwork Society , Tokyo & Oita GLOCOM, Center for Global Communications, Tokyo Tel+81-3-3402-8180 Fax+81-3-3402-8183 Homepage: home: az.glocom.ac.jp work: www.glocom.ac.jp // still wearing a blue ribbon // * * * WRITING the HISTORY of the FUTURE * * * [[ Please do not respond to this list -- respond to apple () apnic net instead ]]
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