Illegal export falsification case: Investigator suspected of intentionally destroying records; complaint filed

Three people, including the president of a chemical machinery manufacturer in Yokohama City, were arrested on suspicion of illegal export, and it was later revealed that they were innocent.The manufacturer has requested that investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Department review the investigation prepared after the arrests. On the 25th, a complaint was filed with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of intentionally destroying records.

On the 25th, Junji Shimada, one of the three and former director of Yokohama-based chemical machinery manufacturer Okawara Kakoki, was arrested and indicted on suspicion of illegal export. Together with his lawyer, he submitted a complaint to the Metropolitan Police Department, and it was accepted.

In the civil court case in which the manufacturer sued the national and metropolitan government, Shimada asked for an amendment to a record called an "excuse transcript" during interrogation after his arrest, but an investigator from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Safety Department pretended to have made the amendment and made him sign it. The Tokyo District Court of First Instance found that this was illegal.

The document was later destroyed, and investigators wrote a report that said it had been "misjudged."

The indictment alleges that the investigators are suspected of deliberately destroying official documents by destroying records, and of creating false official documents.

After submitting the complaint, Mr. Shimada said, ``I filed the complaint with the hope that the incident would be investigated within the organization.I want them to fully recognize the extent of the public power they have.''

In a civil trial, the Tokyo District Court recognized the illegality of the investigation by the prosecutors and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and ordered the national and metropolitan governments to pay compensation of over 162 million yen, but both sides have appealed, and the metropolitan government said, denied the illegality of the investigation, saying, "We did not deceive the former directors, and the contents of the report are a true depiction of the facts at the time."