A former police officer of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, who was accused of bribery from a funeral company, began a trial at the Yokohama District Court. , Every police station got a bribe from a funeral company. "
Defendant Kiyoshi Kato (48), who was an assistant inspector at the Yamato Police Station, received a request from a funeral company to preferentially introduce the bereaved families of the dead handled by the police. He is accused of inspector's bribery for receiving the minutes.
The first trial was held at the Yokohama District Court on the 15th, and Kato stated that there was no doubt about the content of the indictment.
After that, the defendant was asked a question, and the defendant said, "As far as I know, all the police stations of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police received beer tickets from the funeral company. Of the cash I received, about 300,000 yen was handed over to my subordinates. I did. "
He said, "I haven't been able to tell his boss to stop doing this, and I'm betraying the citizens of the prefecture."
In response, the prosecutor's office sentenced him to two years and six months in prison, saying, "It was a crime that greatly damaged the trust of the police."