Japan Arrests Captain Pete Bethune, Sea Shepherd: 'LET'S HAVE A TRIAL'

One invisible pro-whaler spoke for the whole nation: "Japanese people are waiting for you to cut up your body".
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Japanese authorities have swooped on the ship carrying Pete Bethune as it arrived in Tokyo just a few hours ago.
The coastguard say they have arrested the Kiwi anti-whaling protestor, and he has been whisked away under heavy guard while protestors yelled abuse at him from the wharf.
New Zealand Foreign Affairs say they are now trying to get someone to him as soon as possible.
Minutes after arriving in port, Mr Bethune was surrounded. Inside, a stream of police filed in to arrest him.
Outside, protestors yelled, "Japanese people are waiting for you to cut up your body".
The authorities were keen to keep their mission under wraps as Mr Bethune was whisked out under heavy guard to a tinted van, then paraded before Japanese protestors.
Just a few hundred metres up the road, Mr Bethune was led into another building. The Japanese coastguard has not released details on what will happen now, but Mr Bethune is expected to be arrested on suspicion of trespass.
If convicted, he could face imprisonment of up to three years.
Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson says he has had enough of the Japanese accusing them of being terrorists, and welcomes court action.
"If that's what they think we are, then lets have a trial and prove it once and for all. We've never been charged or convicted with any such thing ever before. We've never been sued. We're opposing illegal whaling activities."
It was another collision with a Japanese whaling ship which escalated their already tense relationship and sank the Ady Gil. After that, Mr Bethune boarded the Shonan Maru 2 last month. He climbed on board intent on placing the captain under arrest.
But instead the Japanese whalers have had Mr Bethune in their custody for the past two weeks.
It's not the first time Mr Bethune has faced trouble at sea. When on a round the world voyage with the biodiesel catamaran in 2007, he was fired on by the Columbian navy. And then off the coast of Guatemala, a collision between Earthrace and a fishing boat killed a local, and Mr Bethune was detained in a military compound for nine days charged with negligence, but acquitted.
The office of Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully say they've asked the Japanese authorities to allow a New Zealand consulate representative to meet with Mr Bethune, but they say it's still anybody's guess as to if or when that will happen.

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[xanna1100]

i hope a huge tsumami wipes these stupid barbaric ppl out of commision they are stupid and ignorant

[xanna1100]

let them runs the species extinct then let them keep killing these beautiful animals and after they have emptied the oceans may these idoits starve

[hizzleyo]

@RJPBurtonBoards the only time the sea shepherds rammed the sushi munchers was in operation migaloo against the Yushin Maru. but the anime warriors rammed the sea shepherds three times

[mysterypersonbc]

@gotsand93 Fuck you racist "white power" "aryan race" idiots.

[mysterypersonbc]

@104466 Yet your country is whaling too. How stupid.

[thebearjewkiller1976]

how badly the the japanese rape our waters and go against the laws implemented i think we should just drop a couple more bombs on them to put them in line again thats all that needs to be done

[IslandWreck]

@ProtectTheOcean I would suspect my analagy is lost. -Pete did not respect that there was another much much larger ENEMY ship with in a half of mile of his position. IF I were some clown with a very mobile ferrari on the highway (ady gil), and I was running up behind and to the side of said semi throwing rotten cheese at it, and giving the driver the finger or shining a lazer in his eyes. AND If I broke down or was low on gas a half a mile down the road, and saw said semi coming?

[Ereiniona]

Lol maybe bethune should stop going to sea :p Might save him some trouble :p

[ihaterobbie123]

@RJPBurtonBoards I wouldn't say SSCS are worsening relations between the countries, the Japanese sure as shit don't take them seriously and no government would stand behind such a joke. If anything it's a topic of humour between the embassies, something to break the ice before discussion begins.

I really feel sorry for Peter Bethune, he had what I can only describe as the most awesome pleasure boat, he donated his time to some crooks who he thought shared his views and then got dumped with nil.