Yosef Bondo was tried, convicted and sentenced in Japan for drug smuggling but, because he was a minor, Bondo was transferred to Israel to serve his sentence. Israel recently pardoned Bondo one year before he would have finished serving it, in apparent violation of its agreement with Japan.
Kikar Shabbat is reporting that the Japanese government is furious that Israel pardoned a Satmar yeshiva student caught smuggling drugs into Japan.
Yosef Bondo was tried, convicted and sentenced in Japan for drug smuggling but, because he was a minor, Bondo was transferred to Israel to serve his sentence. Israel recently pardoned Bondo one year before he would have finished serving it, in apparent violation of its agreement with Japan.
This pardon may influence the outcome of the trial of two of Bondo co-conspirators, two other Stamar yeshiva students currently being held in Japan.
[Hat Tip: Burich.]