Last week, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci, wrote to Abe asking him to address the risk that the changes could “lead to undue restrictions to the rights to privacy and to freedom of expression”.
Suga lashed back on Monday, calling the letter “clearly inappropriate” and adding Tokyo had protested. Cannataci responded by calling Suga’s remarks “angry words” with “no substance” in an email to Reuters.
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