A video of a dog patiently waiting for its owner on a motorcycle was posted on TikTok by an account named “isdonut” after the account’s owner happened to meet the dog at a department store in Ratchaburi province. The dog continued to be described as friendly and did not bark at people walking by.
On August 2, a reporter found out that the dog belongs to Orapin Kaentubtim, 48, a resident of Ratchaburi province. The male dog is named Khaotu,” which means dried rice balls. He is 5 years old and is a Thai-Bangkaew mix with white and brown colouring.
Orapin Kaentubtim and her beloved dog “Khaotu”
Orapin said that she originally wanted to give the puppy to her aunt because her previous dog had died. However, her aunt had not gotten over the death of her dog, so she raised the dog herself. Khaotu is a gentle dog who prefers to eat Thai sweets. When he meets strangers, Khaotu is fearful, but he stays quiet and does not hurt anyone.
She shared that she started taking Khaotu shopping since he was 1 year old. She said that when she goes out, she wears her jacket. When Khaotu sees her wearing the jacket, he kicks the door and demands to go with her.
Khaotu wants to go with his owner all the time.
She ends up taking him with her almost all the time, including to the department store where the video was taken. A dog is not allowed inside this department store, so Khaotu had to wait on the motorcycle.
Orapin added that Khaotu usually waits for her like this, sometimes the waiting time is up to 2 hours. Khaotu is so disciplined that he does not go anywhere else during the waiting time. The locals are familiar with Khaotu. However, when new people meet Khaotu, they usually take photos or videos and post them on social media.
FILE - This exhibit from video released by the House Select Committee, shows President Donald Trump recording a video statement on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, from the Rose Garden, displayed at a hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (House Select Committee via AP, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, with the Justice Department acting to hold him accountable for an unprecedented effort to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power and threaten American democracy.
The four-count indictment, the third criminal case against Trump, provided deeper insight into a dark moment that has already been the subject of exhaustive federal investigations and captivating public hearings. It chronicles a months-long campaign of lies about the election results and says that, even when those falsehoods resulted in a chaotic insurrection at the Capitol, Trump sought to exploit the violence by pointing to it as a reason to further delay the counting of votes that sealed his defeat.
Even in a year of rapid-succession legal reckonings for Trump, Tuesday’s indictment, with charges including conspiring to defraud the United States government that he once led, was stunning in its allegations that a former president assaulted the “bedrock function” of democracy. It’s the first time the defeated president, who is the early front-runner for next year’s Republican presidential nomination, is facing legal consequences for his frantic but ultimately failed effort to cling to power.
The indictment against former President Donald Trump charging him by the Justice Department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, is photographed Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
“The attack on our nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,” said Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, whose office has spent months investigating Trump. “It was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government: the nation’s process of collecting counting and certifying the results of the presidential election.”
The Trump campaign called the charges “fake” and asked why it took two-and-a-half years to bring them.
Trump was the only person charged in Tuesday’s indictment. But prosecutors obliquely referenced a half-dozen co-conspirators, including lawyers inside and outside of government who they said had worked with Trump to undo the election results. They also advanced legally dubious schemes to enlist slates of fake electors in battleground states won by Democrat Joe Biden to falsely claim that Trump had actually won them.
The indictment accuses the defeated president and his allies of trying to “exploit the violence and chaos” by calling lawmakers into the evening on Jan. 6 to delay the certification of Biden’s victory.
It also cites handwritten notes from former Vice President Mike Pence that give gravitas to Trump’s relentless goading to reject the electoral votes. Pence, who is challenging Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, declined overtures from a House panel that investigated the insurrection and sought to avoid testifying before the special counsel. He appeared only after losing a court fight, with prosecutors learning that Trump in one conversation derided him as “too honest” to stop the certification.
Trump is due in court Thursday, the first step in a legal process that will play out in a courthouse situated between the White House he once controlled and the Capitol his supporters once stormed. The case is already being dismissed by the former president and his supporters — and even some of his rivals — as just another politically motivated prosecution.
Yet the case stems from one of the most serious threats to American democracy in modern history.
The indictment centers on the turbulent two months after the November 2020 election in which Trump refused to accept his loss and spread lies that victory was stolen from him. The turmoil resulted in the riot at the Capitol, when Trump loyalists violently broke into the building, attacked police officers and disrupted the congressional counting of electoral votes.
In between the election and the riot, Trump urged local election officials to undo voting results in their states, pressured Pence to halt the certification of electoral votes and falsely claimed that the election had been stolen — a notion repeatedly rejected by judges. Among those lies, prosecutors say, were claims that more than 10,000 dead voters had voted in Georgia along with tens of thousands of double votes in Nevada. Each claim had been rebutted by courts or state or federal officials, the indictment says.
Prosecutors say Trump knew his claims of having won the election were false but he “repeated and widely disseminated them anyway — to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate, to create an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and to erode public faith in the administration of the election.”
FILE – President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
The document carefully outlined arguments that Trump has been making to defend his conduct, that he had every right to challenge the results, to use the courts, even to lie about it in the process. But in stark detail, the indictment outlines how the former president instead took criminal steps to reverse the clear verdict voters had rendered.
The indictment had been expected since Trump said in mid-July that the Justice Department had informed him he was a target of its investigation. A bipartisan House committee that spent months investigating the run-up to the Capitol riot also recommended prosecuting Trump on charges, including aiding an insurrection and obstructing an official proceeding.
The indictment includes charges of conspiring to defraud the U.S., conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing an official proceeding and violating a post-Civil War Reconstruction Era civil rights statute that makes it a crime to conspire to violate rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution — in this case, the right to vote.
The mounting criminal cases are unfolding in the heat of the 2024 race. A conviction in this case, or any other, would not prevent Trump from pursuing the White House or serving as president, though Trump as president could theoretically appoint an attorney general to dismiss the charges or potentially try to pardon himself.
In New York, state prosecutors have charged Trump with falsifying business records about a hush money payoff to a porn actor before the 2016 election. The trial is set to begin in March.
In Florida, the Justice Department has brought more than three dozen felony counts, accusing him of illegally possessing classified documents after leaving the White House and concealing them from investigators. That trial begins in May.
Prosecutors in Georgia are also investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to reverse his election loss to Biden there. The district attorney of Fulton County is expected to announce charging decisions within weeks.
Special counsel Jack Smith turns from the podium after speaking about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Smith’s team has cast a broad net as part of his federal investigation, with his team questioning senior Trump administration officials, including Pence, before a grand jury in Washington. Prosecutors also interviewed election officials in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and other battleground states won by Biden who were pressured by the Trump team to change voting results.
Rudy Giuliani, a Trump lawyer who pursued post-election legal challenges, spoke voluntarily to prosecutors. Giuliani was not named in the indictment, but appears to match the description of one of the co-conspirators. A spokesman for Giuliani said Tuesday night that Trump had a “good-faith basis” for the actions he took.
Attorney General Merrick Garland last year appointed Smith, an international war crimes prosecutor who also led the Justice Department’s public corruption section, as special counsel to investigate efforts to undo the election as well as Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. Although Trump has derided him as “deranged” and called him politically motivated, Smith’s past experience includes overseeing significant prosecutions against high-profile Democrats.
The Justice Department’s investigations began well before Smith’s appointment, proceeding alongside separate criminal probes into the rioters themselves. More than 1,000 people have been charged in connection with the insurrection, including some with seditious conspiracy.
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ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Lindsay Whitehurst, Nomaan Merchant, Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington, Jill Colvin in New York, Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, Alanna Durkin Richer in Boston, Nick Riccardi in Denver, Kate Brumback in Atlanta and Claudia Lauer in Bensalem, Pa., contributed to this report.
According to the decision of the Supreme Administrative Court on July 27, the construction permit for the Ashton Asoke, 6.481 billion baht project in Bangkok, which affected 580 families with 668 transferred units worth 5.653 billion baht, or 87 percent, was revoked.
Chanond Ruangkritya, Chief Executive Officer of Ananda Development Public Company Limited (ANAN), informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand on July 31 that the company’s board of directors will work with joint venture partners to assess the damages and propose solutions to urgently negotiate with relevant government authorities. Preliminary assessment of the damages is currently underway.
Ashton Asoke
Although the court revoked the building permit application, the damage can still be repaired. This is in line with the solution proposed by the authority, which has attracted a lot of public attention, namely that the revocation of the permit does not necessarily mean the demolition of the building.
Wisanu Subsompon, deputy governor of Bangkok, expressed similar views, stating that the revocation of the construction permit does not require the demolition of the Ashton Asoke project. The owners of the project have the option to apply for a new construction permit from the Department of Public Works.
However, as ordered by the court, the company must make adjustments to the entrance and exit. These adjustments consist of increasing the width of the project’s entrance and exit to 12 meters and aligning it with the 18-meter wide public road, as required by the building code and city planning. Once the required changes are completed, the company can apply for a building permit.
Leaders of eight parties shake hand in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. / Khaosod Photo
The Thai economy improved slightly in the second quarter, driven by tourism and durian exports to China, but delayed government formation raises confidence concerns.
According to the Bank of Thailand (BoT), Thailand’s overall economic performance improved slightly in second quarter of 2023 compared to the previous quarter. The number of foreign tourists increased to 6.4 million, leading to an expansion of the service sector and private consumption.
photo by Matichon
However, Chayawadee Chai-anant, the Bank of Thailand’s spokesperson, warned on July 31 that the delayed formation of a new government could potentially impact confidence levels. While regular budget expenditures are proceeding as planned, there could be delays in capital expenditure, which could affect budget disbursements.
In June, Thailand hosted about 2.24 million Thai and foreign tourists, especially from Malaysia and China. The tourism sector is expected to continue its recovery and play an important role as a driver of economic growth, as evidenced by the high search volume for air travel and accommodation in Thailand by foreign users.
Both Thai and foreign tourists visited Chiang Mai during the long holiday.
There was a negative growth rate of 5.6 percent in exports in June. Various risks, such as the global economic slowdown, China’s slower-than-expected recovery and other factors, need to be closely monitored. Therefore, export performance is not expected to return to positive growth in July.
The main export product with increasing performance was agricultural products, mainly durian from southern Thailand to China. In the first half of 2023, China imported 600,690 tons of Thai durian, up 20 percent from the same period last year.
In the first half of 2023, China imported 600,690 tons of Thai durian.
FILE - Myanmar's then leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Jan. 28, 2020. (AP Photo, File)
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-led government has reduced the prison sentences of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a clemency connected to a religious holiday in the Buddhist-majority country, state media said Tuesday.
Former President Win Myint also had his sentence reduced as part of the clemency granted to more than 7,000 prisoners.
But Suu Kyi, 78, still must serve a total of 27 years out of the 33 she was originally imprisoned for.
The head of Myanmar’s military council, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, granted the clemency order to reduce the sentences in five cases against Suu Kyi in which she was convicted for violating coronavirus restrictions, illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and sedition, according to a report on state MRTV.
She was initially sentenced for 19 offenses that her supporters and rights group say were attempts to discredit her and legitimize the 2021 army takeover while preventing her return to politics.
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, left, head of the military council, inspects officers during a parade to commemorate Myanmar’s 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
The clemency was announced a day after Myanmar’s military extended the state of emergency it imposed when it seized power from Suu Kyi’s elected government 2 1/2 years ago, forcing a further delay in elections it promised when it took over.
Several of Suu Kyi’s cases are awaiting final appeals.
Min Aung Hlaing pardoned a total of 7,749 prisoners and commuted the death sentences of others to commemorate the day the Buddha gave his first sermon, the MRTV report said.
The army leader also granted amnesty to 125 foreign prisoners and 22 members of ethnic armed groups, it added. The announcement said he dropped cases against 72 people connected to ethnic armed groups.
It wasn’t immediately clear if any of the released prisoners included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule.
FILE – Medicals students display images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a street march in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb. 28, 2021. Photo: AP File
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring organization, 24,123 people have been arrested in Myanmar since the army takeover. At least 3,857 civilians have been killed by security forces in the same period, the group says.
MRTV said it was necessary to extend the state of emergency for another six months because there is still a lot of work to be done to return the country to normalcy and time is needed to prepare for an election.
The United Nations on Monday called on Myanmar to return to democratic rule.
The clemency also came three weeks after Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai met Suu Kyi in prison, becoming the first foreign visitor to be granted access to her since she was detained. Don told journalists she was in good health and conveyed her willingness to engage in talks to resolve the crisis gripping her strife-torn nation.
Suu Kyi has been unable to give her version of the July 9 meeting, said to have lasted about an hour-and-a-half. Myanmar’s military confirmed the meeting had been held, but said it had no details because its was one-on-one between the ousted leader and the Thai diplomat.
Don revealed the event when he was attending a meeting in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN has been seeking to mediate an end to the violent conflict in Myanmar, which some members believe destabilizes the region.
People walk through a village damaged by floodwaters in the Mentougou District as continuous rainfall triggers alerts in Beijing, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A total of 11 people have died and 27 others remain missing during rainstorms in Beijing, local authorities said Tuesday.
The deceased include four in Mentougou and two in Fangshan, the worst affected districts. Other fatalities include four in Changping District and one in Haidian District, according to the city’s flood control and drought relief headquarters.
The 27 people reported missing include 13 in Mentougou, 10 in Changping, and four in Fangshan.
Rain water passing through a floodgate on Liangshui River in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Amid the impact of Typhoon Doksuri, continuous heavy rainfall has lashed the city since July 29, with particularly severe rainstorms in the western, southwestern, and southern parts, according to the headquarters.
As of 6 a.m. Tuesday, Beijing recorded an average precipitation of 257.9 millimeters, with the urban area averaging 235.1 millimeters.
In Mentougou and Fangshan, the average precipitation reached 470.2 millimeters and 414.6 millimeters, respectively.
So far, around 127,000 residents across the city have been relocated due to the rainfall.
Water drainage workers inspect a manhole on a road amid the rain in Chaoyang District, Beijing, capital of China, July 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Tuesday also issued a yellow alert for strong winds, as Typhoon Khanun approaches east China.
From 8 a.m. Tuesday to 8 a.m. Wednesday, strong winds with speeds of 50 to 74 kilometers per hour are expected in east parts of the East Sea, areas to the east of China’s Taiwan island, the Bashi Channel, and southwestern parts of the South China Sea, with wind gusts surpassing 100 kilometers per hour.
Southeastern areas of the East Sea could experience gales with speeds of 75 to 134 kilometers per hour, while areas affected by Typhoon Khanun could see wind gusts up to 220 kilometers per hour, according to the NMC.
People walk amid the rain in Beijing, capital of China, July 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Authorities have issued a reminder for all ships and personnel navigating and operating in sea areas affected by the strong winds, urging them to promptly return to ports for safety. Relevant departments have been called upon to strengthen port facilities and ensure foolproof preparations to tackle extreme weather conditions.
China has a four-tier, color-coded weather warning system for strong winds, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
People asking assistance through the IDMB page alerted the Metropolitan Police Agency’s investigation officer that motorcycles routinely go missing in the Bueng Rama 9 area, Bangkok. The authorities subsequently conducted an investigation and discovered that the leader of the Bueng Rama 9 gang was staying in Pathum Thani Province.
Theerapong flees through the back door and into the grassy forest behind the home during the arrest. Police officers chased him and caught him in time. In the forest, there were thorns that had scratched Theerapong all over his body. As a result, police called rescuers to assist him with medical care.
Thiraphong was arrested by the police officers, whom he claimed were attractive.
Thiraphong Piyawong, or Jock Emiri, 20, a Surin Province original resident, was arrested on July 31 under a Criminal Court arrest warrant for joint theft at night by committing an offence with two or more individuals and by receiving the thieves.
He was apprehended behind the home number 7/29, Soi Sawai Pracharat 31, Lam Luk Ka Road, Lat Sawai Subdistrict, Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani Province.
The CCTV footage showed Thiraphong stealing a motorcycle.
He stated that he ran away from the police because he didn’t believe they were real cops because the officers were handsome. He pleaded guilty to burglary but denied taking the thieves property.
Thiraphong explained that he used to work as a delivery driver, but a guy named Dick convinced him to steal motorcycles, paying him 3,000-4,000 baht for each one. He continued to steal motorcycles in Bangkok five times before being arrested this time.
The death toll from the massive explosion at a fireworks and firecracker warehouse in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat has risen to 11, with more than 120 people injured. About 100 residential buildings in the area were also damaged.
Of the injured, 10 people are still being treated in hospitals, while the rest have returned home but are still suffering from the psychological aftermath.
The Bangkok Mental Health Department has deployed the Mental Health Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (MCATT) to the affected province of Narathiwat. They are working with the local team at the Muno Subdistrict Shelter Center to develop mental health care plans for the affected population, particularly with regard to monitoring acute stress disorder (ASD) and depression, and preventing drug use for self-medication among vulnerable groups.
According to the provincial health officer, there are 290 households in the affected area, of which 251 have mental health problems. Of these, 63 are under 18 years old; the youngest child is 9 years old, and the oldest is 78 years old.
During the risk assessment, 77 people from 32 households were found to have anxiety, while 60 people had symptoms such as insomnia, nightmares, palpitations, restlessness, and depression. There is also a 17-month-old child who suffers from startling: The team of health professionals will closely monitor and try to restore the mental well-being.
A local resident, Yotdanai Bula, who lost five family members in the fireworks explosion, described the devastating incident. When he arrived home, he found the house in ruins and initially helped rescue his grandmother.
During this time, his father and another relative perished and were consumed by the fire. He then went to help his neighbors before returning to his house and finding his eight-month-old nephew and the baby’s mother, who also died in the fire.
Yotdanai Bula, who lost five family members.
Yotdanai expressed deep shock and sadness at the incident. He mentioned that his father had previously warned the owner of the warehouse about the potential dangers, but unfortunately the worst case scenario occurred. He called on the authorities to carefully inspect all areas to prevent such incidents and especially to ensure that communities do not have dangerous and flammable materials.
Pita Limjaroenrat and Paetongtarn Shinawatra attended the meeting at Pheu Thai Party office on Wednesday.
On August 2, the meeting of the eight coalition parties to form a new government will be a decisive moment for both the Pheu Thai and Move Forward parties. They will have to decide whether they will collaborate further or take different paths, following indications that the two parties might part ways.
Although supporters want the two parties and the other 6 parties to form a government together, the ideal outcome seems distant after the failure of two rounds of attempts to form a coalition government in Parliament, especially with the upcoming election of the new prime minister on August 4.
Leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat, center left, and Leader of Pheu Thai party Chonlanan Srikaew, center right, hold a memorandum of understanding on attempt to form a coalition government Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Phumtham Wechayachai, the deputy leader of Pheu Thai, stated that after talking to representatives of various political parties, most of them are inclined to support Pheu Thai’s candidacy for prime minister, but not if Move Forward remains in the coalition government. They assert that they will not support the government if Move Forward is part of it.
“This is the current dilemma we face. We will have to negotiate further at the upcoming party meeting. After that, Pheu Thai will convene a meeting with MPs on August 3 before the prime ministerial vote on August 4,” Phumtham said.
“No matter what happen we will stick together, always,” said Pheu Thai Party leader Cholnan Srikaew about coalition unity on Tuesday, May 30.
A source told Khaosod on Monday Srettha Thavisin, the man who said he will rebrand the Pheu Thai Party, will be chosen as Pheu Thai PM candidate for the next round of bicameral vote although the party will not form a coalition with either Phalang Pracharath or the United Thai Nation Party and Move Forward Party will be in the opposition. Additional votes, said the source who asks not to be named, will be secured from other parties.
Pheu Thai and Move Forward are two political alliances that advocate democracy and have become targets of attacks by conservative and old power groups, similar to Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra, both of whom were deposed by military coups and subsequently subjected to trials and convictions.
A file photo of former leaders Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra.
Meanwhile, Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Move Forward, faces a legal weapon known as “legal warfare” in an attempt to oust him from the political landscape by targeting his ownership of shares in ITV, a TV station that has been closed since 2007. In addition, there are other problems with members of the Move Forward party, such as that one member from Rayong has already been imprisoned.
However, the two parties are different. Pheu Thai is a coalition that since the time of Thaksin Shinawatra has received support from groups that benefit from its economic policies and welfare measures. On the other hand, Move Forward has gained popularity among the younger generation and those seeking clear social structural changes.
Three Pheu Thai PM candidates, from left: Chaikasem Nitisiri, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and Srettha Thavisin, at a rally on April 5, 2023.
While Pheu Thai pursues a policy of power sharing through grassroots economic development, such as the creation of village funds and the promotion of local products such as the One Tambon, One Product (OTOP) program, Move Forward aims to address the problem of centralized power through legislative reforms, such as preventing business monopoly, military reforms, and the election of provincial governors, as well as amending Section 112 of Thai Criminal Code.
The current conditions: senators and previous governments, require Pheu Thai and Move Forward to separate in order to reduce confrontation with the previous power group.
Police officers inspect a Keio Line train in Tokyo's Inagi on Nov. 1, 2021, a day after a man was arrested in a knife and arson attack that injured 17 people on the train. (Kyodo)
TOYKO – A man who attacked passengers on a crowded Tokyo train on Halloween night in 2021 while dressed as the Joker was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Monday for stabbing one of them and lighting a fire.
The Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court handed down the sentence on Kyota Hattori, 26, who was charged with attempted murder and arson offenses. He admitted to stabbing a male passenger and starting the fire on a moving express train.
Prosecutors demanded 25 years, arguing that he planned to kill indiscriminately with the stated intent to get the death penalty and that “his motive was extremely selfish and deserving of strong condemnation.”
His defense team sought 12 years, saying that by lighting the fire Hattori did not intend to kill 12 passengers who were riding in the train car in which the attack occurred.
According to the indictment, Hattori stabbed a man and attempted to kill other passengers by splashing lighter fluid around and igniting it on a Keio Line train around 8 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2021.
A fire breaks out on a Keio Line train at Kokuryo Station in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2021. (Photo courtesy of @siz33)(Kyodo)
The stabbed man was briefly in critical condition, and his injury required around three months of treatment, it said.
During the trial, Hattori said he wanted to go on a killing spree to receive the death penalty as he felt his life had no worth.
He said his actions were inspired by a similar random knife attack in August of the same year on an Odakyu Electric Railway commuter train in which a man stabbed three passengers. That assailant was sentenced to 19 years in prison on July 14.
