Many papers picked up an STT story about a violent confrontation in Oulu over the weekend. Police are asking members of the public to help them identify at least 10 individuals suspected of assaulting two asylum seekers in the early hours of Sunday morning.
HBL reports that Oulu police reported that at around 2:15 am on Sunday, five young asylum seekers were shouted at by a group of Finnish men at a bus stop in the Hönttämäki neighbourhood.
The victims reportedly tried to extract themselves from the ordeal and did not take part in the verbal confrontation, but the situation escalated, Helsingin Sanomat quoted detective chief inspector Jussi Hyrkäs saying.
According to police two of the five asylum seekers were physically attacked by an unknown number of the men. One of the victims was more seriously injured than the other and received bruises and bumps in the altercation, according to police.
The area where the confrontation took place is not generally frequented by people at night, police said. The victims and attackers evidently did not know each other and police have not caught up with any of the suspects.
Anti-racism law campaign gains speed
An online petition to outlaw the promotion or participation in organised racist activities aims to obtain the signatures of some 100 MPs and already has support from more than 5,200 individuals.
The campaign Huominen ilman pelkoa (roughly translated to: "Tomorrow without fear") was started by Green youth party members Jaakko Mustakallio and Saara Ilvessalo, but the group is non-partisan, according to Iltalehti.
The group's website Rasismi rikoslakiin (roughly: Racism crime law) cites the United Nations' convention against racial discrimination, which prohibits the promotion of racism and related activities.
The group says that Finnish legislation does not fulfil the UN guidelines and that a law change is required.
The proposed law would outlaw the participation in "any activity or other organisation to promote or incite racial discrimination," requiring violators of the law to be sentenced to a fine or imprisonment of up to two years, among other stipulations.
The petition will be handed over to MPs in October, according to the paper.
Millionaire's big ticket
Evening tabloid Ilta-Sanomat features a story about a 27,296 euro speeding ticket that millionaire Jari Löfroos received after he was caught driving 27 kilometres an hour over the speed limit.
On the first Saturday of April this year Löfroos was reportedly driving 87 kph on a stretch of national road 338 just north of Tampere which has a speed limit of 60 kph.
The 62-year-old Löfroos, whose annual income has exceeded one million euros for the past several years, called the penalty "nonsensical."
According to Finnish legislation, the level of fines law violators face is directly commensurate to their income levels in the form of "day fines." For his infraction, Löfroos was given 16 day fines at the rate of 1,706 euros per day.
Löfroos' fine is not even close to the largest that Finnish police have handed out. Just last year a man from Seinäjoki was faced with a 54,000 euro speeding ticket, the paper writes.
"The punishment bears no relation to anything," the paper quoted Löfroos saying, who plans to pay the fine rather than appeal the sentence.
"What else can you do?" Löfroos asked rhetorically, the paper writes.