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YouTube videos released by political group Tsubasa no To showing unruly election antics that led to three arrests have received more than 2.5 million views, according to police.
Around 10 supporters of a Tokyo group bent on disrupting the electoral process were found to be living in the house of one of the leaders, police said.
Tokyo police took the unusual step of arresting the leader of a fringe political group and two associates on Friday for allegedly obstructing campaigning of competing candidates in the lead-up to a Diet by-election in April, investigative sources say.
Police on May 17 arrested leaders of political organization Tsubasa no To over unruly and obnoxious behavior that hindered the campaigns of rival candidates in the Lower House by-election in Tokyo in April.
Atsuhiko Kurokawa, who heads Tsubasa no To, allegedly disrupted the speeches of opponents during April's by-election in Tokyo along with two others.