Japanese police broke up protest at Mt. Gox

Japanese police on Friday broke up a group of demonstrators who gathered near the Office of Mt. Gox in Tokyo. Organizer Kolin Burges said the police were called not by Mt. Gox, but one of the building’s other tenants who had reportedly had enough of the protestors’ week-long presence at the building. However Mt. Gox management was also said to be irritated by the ongoing sit-in.

Burges said there were around 10 people standing near the building when police arrived.

«We went to the police station for a license and were told that for a demonstration license you need to move along a pre-planned route, with start and end points. So it looks like we cannot get a license and can’t go back there».

Burges said he still wanted to continue the protest in some form, but would have to think of other tactics.

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