POLICE MALFEASANCE
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Dragging a suspect to police station is cause for reduction of sentence. (Aug, 2011)
Arrested cop spoke for surgeon / After free dinners, urged MPD not to make arrest in malpractice case
(Jul. 25, 2011)
Police Officer guilty of attempted rape, not guilty of indecent assault. Sentenced to 2 years and six months.
（2011/07/12）
Osaka policeman under investigation for beating Ugandan at airport 2011/05/26
Saga Prefectural Police covered up 1,033 traffic accidents causing death or injury
January 14, 2011
SAGA -- Prefectural police covered up more than 1,000 traffic accidents causing death or injury over a 16-month period, it has emerged. ( More )
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Police admit shortcomings in unsolved 1995 police chief shooting
19th February, 2011
Police said in a report Friday that they failed to resolve the 1995 shooting of the then National Police Agency chief due to a shoddy early investigation and slow response to substantiating allegations.
The report came nearly a year after the expiration of the statute of limitations for the shooting, which seriously injured then NPA chief Takaji Kunimatsu and was blamed by police on the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. ( More )