Letter supposedly by Japanese father of boy fatally stabbed scrubbed by China’s censors

The Japanese Embassy in Beijing flying its flag at half-mast on Sept 19 after the fatal stabbing. - ST PHOTO: MICHELLE NG

BEIJING: A letter supposedly written by the Japanese father of a boy fatally stabbed in China said the actions of a few “vile individuals with twisted minds” should not harm bilateral ties, even as Japan called for more details about the case.

The letter, whose authenticity has yet to be confirmed, was circulated on Chinese social media on Sept 20, a day after the boy – whose mother is Chinese – died after being attacked on his way to school. But it was scrubbed by Chinese censors after about a day.