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Hiromu Kurokawa, the former head of the Tokyo Senior Prosecutor, has been prosecuted by the prosecutor’s office and, unless the summary court decides that the summary procedure is “unreasonable”, a formal trial will be held in a public court. What was behind the brief accusation?
◆ To avoid mandatory prosecution
“If we don’t prosecute this time, the prosecution board will definitely vote that we should prosecute on the second prosecution. If that happens, we will be prosecuted. It will be a serious trial.” A prosecution executive murmured earlier this year with a bitter smile.
When the Tokyo District Prosecutor’s Office decided not to prosecute Mr. Kurokawa (deferred prosecution) in July last year, the prosecution said: “If you prosecute at this rate, you will have to prosecute most people who play mahjong. It is natural However, the prosecution denied the prosecution’s decision in December last year and voted “equivalent to the indictment.” The prosecution, which had to reconsider its sentence, had the possibility of mandatory prosecution in the future.
Even if the prosecution does not prosecute again in the new investigation, if the prosecutor decides to prosecute in the second examination, the designated attorney acting as prosecutor will be prosecuted. For a fine of up to 500,000 yen or a simple gambling offense with a fine, the prosecution generally only requires a brief indictment for a fine, but you can also be prosecuted for a formal trial.
“An appointed prosecutor would choose to prosecute normally and be tried in a public court, which could rekindle a number of problems with Kurokawa,” said a prosecution official.
◆ Relief for prosecution executives
Kurokawa was in the middle of a bill in May last year when a bill was being deliberated in the Diet to amend the Public Prosecution Law to allow the retirement age of prosecution executives to be extended at their discretion. of the government.
Kurokawa, who was said to be close to the administration, received an unusual extension of the retirement age from the Abe administration at the time, just before the bill was introduced, and there is a suspicion that it will be It is about a bill that justifies Kurokawa’s decision. special case after the fact. Meanwhile, the mahjong gambling problem became apparent. Confidence in the prosecution has wavered significantly. The bill to reform the Law of the Public Ministry was abolished.
One of the prosecution officials emphasized Mr. Kurokawa’s brief accusation: “It is not to avoid a formal trial. It is the result of maximizing the perspective of the prosecution consisting of citizens.” But another executive seemed relieved. “This is the end of Mr. Kurokawa’s problem.” (Keiichi Ozawa, Chichi Miyake)
