Rui Pinto was, this Wednesday, prevented from entering Japan. On the social network He also regretted not having been “clarified in a timely manner” about the “obstacles”.
“I landed in Tokyo today and I was not allowed to enter Japanese territory due to the fact that I was sentenced in Portugal, in the Football Leaks case, to a prison sentence of more than 1 year, even if it was suspended”started by writing.
In the same message, Rui Pinto lamented “like neither the Japanese Embassy in Lisbon nor the immigration services in Tokyo” o “have clarified in a timely manner about the existence of obstacles to my entry into Japan”.
This, in his own words, “despite having contacted them previously”.
“That would have avoided this useless trip and the discomfort of this whole situation!”it ended.
I landed in Tokyo today and was not allowed to enter Japanese territory, due to the fact that I had been sentenced in Portugal in the “Football Leaks” case, to a prison sentence of more than 1 year, even if it was suspended. I regret that neither the Japanese Embassy in Lisbon nor the services…
— Rui Pinto (@ruipto_fl) January 14, 2026
It should be remembered that, in September 2023, Rui Pinto was sentenced in the Football Leaks case, by the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon, to four years in prison with a suspended sentence, for crimes of attempted extortion, aggravated mail violation and illegitimate access.
The computer hacker was, however, acquitted of the crime of computer sabotage due to lack of evidencein addition to having been pardoned for 68 crimes of improper access and 11 crimes of violating correspondence under the law of amnesty, imposed by Pope Francis’ visit to Portugal.
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