The Yokohama Board of Education has issued an apology for filling courtroom seats with workers throughout a trial involving a trainer accused of sexual crimes, stopping most people from attending.

According to the Yokohama Board of Education, quite a few workers members had been mobilized to occupy the seats within the courtroom in the course of the trial of a trainer accused of sexual crimes, successfully barring the general public from attending.

In a minimum of eight trials held from final yr to this yr, a complete of 371 workers members had been mobilized, with as much as 50 workers members attending a single trial. In some instances, journey allowances had been supplied for this obligation.

The Board of Education acknowledged that the measure was taken on the request of the victims to stop the unfold of their info, denying any intention to guard the accused. However, they acknowledged that the motion was extreme and apologized.

Source: TBS