Abandoned the seized goods list and sent documents to the former police department assistant Saitama September 27, 19:21

10 years ago, the police officer lost the wristwatch worn by a 4th grade elementary school boy who died after running away in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture. The former police officer in charge of the investigation seized the watch. The document list was sent out on suspicion of abandoning official documents for destroying the product list.

The documents were sent to the 61-year-old former police officer of Saitama Prefectural Police, who was in charge of the investigation at the time.

In 2009, the evacuation case in Kumagaya City revealed that the watch worn by Takanori Koseki (then 10) at the time of the fourth grade was lost after the police left the bereaved family. The

According to investigators, the former police officer made a list of seized items that were not listed on the watch in September 2015.

After that, the police recovered the original list from the bereaved family and destroyed it, and the police sent the former police officer on 27th on the suspicion of abandoning official documents and creating false official documents.

The approval or disapproval is not disclosed. The aging of this incident was approaching on the 30th of this month, but the police have continued the investigation by switching the suspicion to a dangerous driving lethal offense that is 10 years longer.

The boss and five others are also disposed of

In this case, five people including the former supervisor of the former police department who were sent out for documents were subjected to admonition.

Among them, a male police officer in his fifties who was the head of the traffic section of the Kumagaya police station who was in charge of the investigation received a report from the former assistant police officer that he lost his watch, but he did not take appropriate measures, saying that he did not respond appropriately. received.

In addition, the male police officer in his 50s who was the former supervisor's assistant boss and who belonged to the traffic investigation section of the Saitama Police headquarters was also charged with supervision. In addition, three police officers also received admonition and caution.

Saitama Prefectural Police Department Director “Thorough Prevention of Recurrence”

Yasuhiro Koga, Director of Transportation, Saitama Police Headquarters said, “I ’m sorry for the inconvenience to the bereaved family. I will continue to make thorough efforts. "