KAGOSHIMA, Apr 09 (News On Japan) –
A police officer from the Kagoshima Prefectural Police has been arrested on suspicion of violating the Local Public Service Act by leaking inside paperwork containing private data of people concerned in legal instances to a 3rd occasion.
Last month, the prefectural police revealed that there was a excessive chance that inside paperwork from over 100 instances had been leaked, and the connection is presently underneath investigation. The arrested officer is Sergeant Mitsuji Fujii (49), from the group affairs division of the Sō Police Station.
According to the police, Sergeant Fujii, who was assigned to the Public Security Division of the Kagoshima Prefectural Police Headquarters in June of final 12 months, used a messaging app on his smartphone to ship details about a particular particular person’s legal historical past to a 3rd occasion. Additionally, final month he mailed a number of dozen pages of inside paperwork, together with an inventory referred to as the “Complaint and Accusation Case Processing Ledger,” which contained private data of people concerned in legal instances, thus allegedly leaking confidential data from his duties. In response to the investigation, he has admitted to the allegations and has said, “I apologize for causing trouble to the citizens of the prefecture and the police organization.”
The leak of inside paperwork got here to gentle when an article by a web-based media outlet, which questioned the investigation of a sexual assault case that occurred at a lodging facility for COVID-19 sufferers, printed the “Complaint and Accusation Case Processing Ledger” with private data redacted. Last month, the Kagoshima Prefectural Police disclosed that there was a excessive chance that inside paperwork containing private data of roughly 300 people from over 100 instances had been leaked, they usually found this incident whereas investigating the route of the leak.
Sei Ushigaki, Chief Inspector of the Kagoshima Prefectural Police Headquarters, expressed his apologies at a press convention, saying, “I deeply apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused by the leakage of information that should have been properly managed. We will deal with this matter strictly based on the results of the ongoing investigation.”
Source: NHK