Following a Supreme Court ruling, a former Kyoto City Bus driver has lost retirement pay of some 12 million yen (about $84,000) for pocketing 1,000 yen ($7) from a passenger fare.
The driver, 58, had filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the city's decision to withhold the retirement benefits.
by SkyInJapan
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The consequences don’t really meet the crime.
Who was the judge?
sucks
Okay I get that actions have consequences and the law does try to set examples against this type of behavior.
But this seems way too harsh, especially for just 1000 yen.
“The Supreme Court’s First Petty Bench on April 17 overturned the appeal verdict, which deemed the penalty too severe, and ruled that the withholding of retirement money was lawful, finalizing the case.”
I’m a bit confused by this portion – they deemed the penalty too severe, but allowed for the withholding of retirement funds? If the result remains the same, what’s the point of deeming the penalty to be too severe?
If you steal from the company, you get fired and lost all benefits. That’s it
Seems like it’s too harsh, he should be made to pay back double what he stole. Double is still extreme on paper but considering it’s 1000 yen it’s not much.
This is too much…
Typical Japanese law
I thought the title text was cutoff and was expecting it to be $7,000,000.
I feel bad for the guy, but will he even win the case? He steals from the city, the city unjustly screwed him, and now he is trying to sue that same corrupt city?
This sounds like a protagonist’s estranged father in a Murakami novel.
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This is way too harsh. I hope he/she doesn’t commit any harm towards themselves.
Bowing and saying sorry only works at the top.
Everyone saying the punishment doesn’t match the crime, clearly doesn’t hold people accountable. Don’t be a thief. Plain and simple.
I’d hate to be a criminal defense lawyer in Japan.