A 43-year-old police lieutenant working at the Kumagaya Police Station in Saitama Prefecture was sent documents and suspended for one month for fraudulently referring the sender to a mobile phone company after receiving a consultation from a fellow police officer who reported receiving a suspicious message.

The person who was sent the documents was a 43-year-old police lieutenant who works at the Kumagaya Police Station.

According to the police, he was working in the Criminal Division and in March, he was suspected of creating false official documents with a seal, such as creating false documents and fraudulently referring the sender to the mobile phone company after receiving a consultation from a fellow police officer who said that he had received a suspicious message.

The lieutenant admitted the charges and told investigators, "I wanted to identify the sender."

The police suspended him for one month on the 3th.

Meanwhile, a 19-year-old constable belonging to the riot police was suspended for three months for sexually assaulting a woman he knew at a hotel in Maebashi City in August.

Takuya Sato, Chief Inspector of the Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters, said, "We deeply apologize and will make efforts to prevent a recurrence."