According to an interview with a government official, the Ministry of Defense will soon take disciplinary action against senior officers of the Maritime Self-Defense Force for leaking information containing "designated secrets" that require a high degree of information security to former employees. I understand.
It was triggered by receiving a request for information from an OB.
According to government officials, a Marine Self-Defense Force Captain 1st Class is suspected of leaking information containing "designated secrets" stipulated by the Special Secrets Protection Law to a retired Maritime Self-Defense Force a few years ago.
The OB contacted Captain 1st Class through another SDF officer and asked him to explain the latest security situation, and that explanation contained information that was classified as "designated secrets." It means that
The Ministry of Defense will soon take disciplinary action against Captain 1st Class and other senior SDF personnel involved.
The Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets, which came into effect in 2014, designates defense-related information that requires a high degree of information security as "specially secret" and divulges it is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Police are investigating the leak.
This is the first time that a “special secret” has been leaked.