A 59-year-old lawyer in Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of witness intimidation after handing a cell phone to a gang member who was interviewed at a police station and threatening a girl concerned within the case to not testify by telephone. Lawyers stay silent, and gangsters deny the allegations.
Two individuals have been arrested: Ryuji Otsuka (59), a lawyer in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and Yuhei Sasaki (32), a gangster residing in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, in April and June 2020, the 2 threatened a girl concerned within the case by textual content message or telephone saying, “I don’t want you to testify any more,” and have been suspected of intimidating witnesses. is held
At that point, the lawyer was appearing as a lawyer for a gang member who had been arrested for being concerned in a particular fraud case. It is believed that he was making telephone calls.
The incident was found when the lady complained to the Metropolitan Police Department that she was “shut up.”
In response to the investigation, the lawyer remained silent, and the gang member denied the costs, saying, “It has nothing to do with it.”