Last year, four executives of the Kudo-kai, a designated dangerous crime group in Kitakyushu, were arrested for being involved in a case in which a former member's car was set on fire in a parking lot in the city.
All four have denied the charges against the investigation.
It is the first time that an executive of the organization has been arrested after the death sentence was sentenced to the top of the Kudokai in August, and the Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters is continuing to crack down on its destruction.
Four Kudo-kai executives were arrested, including Takaaki Hayashi (73), the head of an affiliated organization. According to police, a car was set on fire in a parking lot in Kitakyushu City last August. There is a suspicion of damage to property for being involved in the incident.
On the 2nd, police searched the office of an affiliated organization in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City as a related party.
The case has already been convicted of the actor, and police say there is a suspicion that four people have directed it.
Also, according to investigators, the owner of the lit car is a former member of the Kudokai, and the police are investigating the details.
In response to the investigation, all four have denied the charges, saying that they "know nothing."
Regarding the Kudo-kai, top defendant Satoru Nomura, who was charged with murder and other crimes in the case of killing and injuring a total of four citizens, was sentenced to death in August and appealed to the Fukuoka High Court dissatisfied with the sentence. doing.
This is the first time that a Kudo-kai executive has been arrested after this ruling, and the Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters is continuing to crack down on its destruction.