Yasue Erikawa's IFEC members attacked by the staff of the Chosen University

Kazou Aotsu
May 14, 1970
A girl-member of Unified Family in Tokyo

Miss Yasue Erikawa

On May 14th, Kazou Aotsu was outraged when she was lecturing of anti-communism in front of the Chosen University which was established by Korean communists in Japan

By an order of Miss Yasue Erikawa, chief of Kodahira branch of IFEC (The International Federation for Extermination of Communism), I determined to lecture for anticommunism at a vacant lot of the Chosen University from 10 a.m. on May 14th.

Carrying our posters by bicycle, I started from Kodahira branch to the location with Miss Rumie Momose, a girl-student of the Tsudajuku University.

From 10 a.m., I began to lecture the introductory remarks of the theory of anti-communism. Towards the dormitory of the Chosen University, I raised my voice for lecturing and Miss Momose was holding down the posters to help my lecture.

After about 15 minutes two staffs of the Chosen University appeared from the front gate and they began to take some pictures of our lecturing. Miss Momose was a quite stranger to lecture in front of the University and it seemed to me that she was feeling deep fear. The two men took three or four pictures of our lecturing and returned to the University.

The staff of The Chosen University obstruct our lecture

Then, just at that time, five or six staffs came to' "us' and suddenly two of them grasped our posters. We resisted to them but we were too weak to fight against them. In the end, our posters were carried by them to the nearby park. "Don't bring them!... Don't bring them!..." Miss Momose was crying madly, but, at that moment I thought that I had to continue my lecture of anti-communism. So I began to speak again without poster. Then, three or four guys came to me and grasped my arms and dragged out myself to the wide road. And I was taken away to the place where the posters were brought by them.

At this place (park) I cried out to them "Communism is untrue…" "And the Chosen University is a strategic point of communist revolution in Japan." "We should not be completely taken in by Kin Nichi Sei (the prime minister of North Korea's puppet government)…"

Then, they shouted to me, "Shut up!" "Silence!!" and they heaped other wild words. But determined to go to the place of my lecture of anti-communism. I watched for a chance of escape from them and I intended to jump out. Whenever I jumped out, they kicked me. Several times I was knocked down on the road. They tripped me up on the road and at last, they shut my mouth by their big hands. "Hey!! Can you say of anything?" they shouted to me. But I could put out their hands from my mouth and told to Miss Momose that event must be reported to Miss Erikawa who is the chief of Kodahira branch of IFEC.

Lying down on the road, I saw many passers but they could not d., anything for me. Then, I could get a good chance of escape and returned to the place where I was lecturing for anti-communism. I cried again "All students of the Chosen University!! By philosophy of hatred, namely Communism, we cannot establish a world of true peace. Return to your right minds!! …" "While I was still alive," at the top of my voice I cried and cried. Soon after, two staffs of the Chosen University came to me and grasped my arms again. Then, it seemed to me that my arms would be broken. They pulled out my body and were going to bring again to the park. I resisted furiously but was knocked down on the ground. At this moment, I asked Miss Momose to inform this outrage to police station.

A staff member of The Chosen University One grasped Miss Aotsu's hair

I intended to stand up but one of them drew my jacket very strongly and I was forced to go to the park. At the park I was knocked down again. They kicked my face violently. I felt dizzy but I determined to run for my life. Then, I saw the police patrol cars. Four police patrol cars, one jeep of the task force (mobile unit) and two or three common cars came to us. At the same time Miss Erikawa came by taxi and about ten staffs of the Chosen University appeared from the gate. So many inhabitants (communists) gathered around the vacant lot. And the place of lecturing was suddenly crowded.

"Why did you report to the Police?" Miss Erikawa gave me a severe scolding. At first, I could not understand, her rebuke and I threw myself down crying. But in a short time, I understood that reason. Considering from a religious standpoint, my act wasn't so good for our Heavenly Father's will. "To the last, we have to keep our way of religion." Miss Erikawa said to me. Therefore, I regretted for my rash action.

"Who are the assailants?" I was asked by police-men and detectives. So, I pointed at the two men, the staffs of the Chosen University. The police-men began to arrest the two guys but, the assailants -- resisted to them and many other staffs of the Chosen University rushed to the spot. A confused fighting opened out between the police-men and the staffs of the University. After about twenty, minutes, the two assailants were arrested at last and taken in the police patrol cars.