Mainland Internet celebrity “Tietou” involved in smearing Yasukuni Shrine was arrested in Hangzhou and charged with hate speech

Mainland internet celebrity “Tietou” was involved in smearing the Yasukuni Shrine and was arrested in Hangzhou on charges of extortion. (Weibo)

At the end of May, the mainland Internet celebrity “Tietou” who was suspected of smearing Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine, which houses Class-A war criminals from World War II, was arrested by the Hangzhou police and investigated for suspicion of extortion. “Tietou” was originally named Dong Guangming. from the victim. Three people have been subject to criminal enforcement measures by public security agencies, and the case is under further investigation.

Mainland media reported that according to information from China’s public security authorities, Dong Guangming was involved in extortion cases in China, and his smartphone and hard drive were confiscated in a series of exhibits including including the smartphone and other evidence brought in by the public security authorities from Dong Guangming also circulated on the Internet file photo. “Nippon TV” reported that the Chinese police may have detained him to find other incidents unrelated to the Yasukuni Shrine.

He was reportedly sentenced to prison for opening a casino.

Dong Guangming, 36, has been posting “anti-counterfeiting” videos online under the name “Iron Head Punishes Evil and Promotes Good” since last March, quickly amassing millions of followers in a few months. Last August, some netizens broke the news that Tietou was sentenced for opening a casino and illegal detention. In January this year, because he revealed his expertise in pornography, he was reported and boycotted by netizens, and his accounts were banned on many platforms. In June, he posted a video of himself urinating on a stone pillar of Yasukuni Shrine, then graffitied the word “TOILET”, claiming he was dissatisfied with the Japanese government’s spread nuclear waste water and that he had taken a flight back to China that day. On July 9, Japanese police announced the arrest of a 29-year-old Chinese man and wanted Dong Guangming and another 25-year-old man.

The original article was published on AM730