TOYOAKE, Aichi -- Four members of a top high school wrestling club have been punished for repeatedly assaulting younger club members, it emerged Saturday.

Private Seijo High School in Toyoake suspended the four -- two second-year and two third-year students -- from attending school after deeming their actions constituted bullying.

Nevertheless, the school failed to report the issue to local authorities, and allowed the team to participate in a national athletic meet in October.

The four threw four second- and first-year members around, and forced them to sit on their knees for extended periods during practices. Sometime around June, one of them choked a first-year member with a towel and a T-shirt on several occasions, forcing the victim to lose consciousness at least three times.

They also forced a first-year member to spank a second-year member's buttocks with a bamboo sword in September.

Seijo High School's wrestling club is one of the top high school wrestling clubs in the country.

（Mainichi Japan） December 22, 2007

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