An employee of Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, was arrested on the night of the 12th on suspicion of violating the Local Civil Service Law for leaking information that he had learned in the course of his duties.
The person arrested was Kaho Takeda, a 29-year-old employee in charge of administrative assistance at the Citizen's Division of Imabari City Hall.
According to police, Takeda officials were suspected of violating the confidentiality obligations of the Local Civil Service Law around December 9, last year, alleging that they leaked information they had learned about the investigation that the police had requested the city to investigate. Has been held.
Police have not disclosed the details of the approval or disapproval or the leaked information, saying it would interfere with the investigation.
Police went into a search at Imabari City Hall around 8 am on the 13th and investigated the area around Takeda's desk for about an hour.
According to Imabari City, Takeda staff was hired as a part-time job in the city in 2013, and has been in the Citizen's Division as a staff member for the fiscal year since last year.
In the Citizen's Division, he was in charge of assisting the office work that handles personal information such as family register.
In response to the arrest of the staff, Mayor Shigeki Tokunaga of Imabari City held a press conference, saying, "We are very sorry for the arrest of the staff, and we apologize for causing a great deal of inconvenience to those involved in police administration and the citizens. I would like to thank you. "
After that, he said, "I would like to thoroughly inspect information management in the workplace and how to handle office work, and make all employees aware of ensuring service discipline and strive to prevent recurrence."