The Osaka District Prosecutor's Office filed a complaint filed with the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office after the former president of a real estate company, who was arrested and charged by the Osaka District Prosecutor's Office and was found not guilty in a trial, alleging that the two prosecutors in charge of the investigation had conducted an illegal investigation. It turned out that I accepted it and started the investigation.
Shinobu Yamagishi (59), the former president of the Osaka real estate company Pressance Corporation, was arrested and charged by the Osaka District Prosecutor's Office for embezzlement of 2.1 billion yen three years ago, but was acquitted in the trial. Did.
In March, Mr. Yamagishi threatened and worried about Mr. Yamagishi's subordinates in order to draw a statement in line with the story drawn by the special investigation department by the two prosecutors who were in charge of the investigation based on the recording of the interrogation. He filed a complaint with the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office on suspicion of intimidation of witnesses, alleging that he had conducted an illegal investigation.
According to Mr. Yamagishi's defense team, it was explained on the 11th of this month that the Osaka District Prosecutor's Office, not the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, accepted the accusation and started the investigation.
The investigation is carried out by the criminal department, not the special investigation department.
Kazuhiro Nakamura, a lawyer, said, "I accused the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office of misconduct as an organization of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office, but I am concerned that it will be accepted in Osaka and protect my relatives. I want the people to conduct an investigation that is convincing, including. "
Mr. Yamagishi "I want you to proceed with the investigation fairly."
Regarding the acceptance of the criminal accusation by the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office, Mr. Yamagishi said, "I have witnessed an investigation by the prosecution that conducts illegal investigations in line with the story, so I have to think that I should run for my own protection. However, I do not want you to patronize me, and I want you to proceed with the investigation fairly. "
Osaka District Prosecutor's Office "We will refrain from answering the case under investigation"
Regarding the reason why the criminal accusation was accepted by the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office instead of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office and the future investigation, Kensaburo Yazawa, Deputy Prosecutor of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office, said, "This is an investigation.