HYOGO, Mar 29 (News On Japan) –
The Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office determined to not indict Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito and two others who had been criminally accused of violating the Local Public Service Act over the leak of personal data belonging to a former prefectural bureau chief, concluding that there was inadequate proof to assist the allegations.
The case facilities on the leak of non-public data involving a former prefectural residents bureau chief, who has since died, with a third-party committee established by the prefecture figuring out that former General Affairs Department Director Inomoto was liable for the leak and concluding that Saito and former Vice Governor Katayama had been extremely more likely to have instructed the disclosure.
Based on these findings, a gaggle together with college professors filed a felony grievance in opposition to the three people on suspicion of violating the Local Public Service Act, nonetheless prosecutors in Kobe dominated that there was inadequate proof to indict Saito and Katayama, whereas Inomoto was not indicted beneath a suspension of prosecution.
Saito commented on the choice, saying: “I understand this as the result of thorough and careful investigations conducted by the authorities.”
The Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office defined that the choice to not indict Saito was as a consequence of an absence of adequate proof to substantiate the allegations.
Source: YOMIURI