US EditionJapanese officials apologize at grave of wrongfully detained man denied timely cancer treatment
Tokyo High Court ordered $1.12 million damages after ruling arrests and indictment of three executives illegal in a case involving unauthorized export charges.
- On Monday, Japanese police and prosecutors offered flowers and deep bows at the grave in Yokohama, with Tetsuo Kamata and Hiroshi Ichikawa acknowledging an illegal investigation and arrest while praying.
- The arrests in 2020 stemmed from claims about spray dryers that police alleged could produce biological agents, while Ohkawara Kakohki officials denied export restrictions applied.
- His lawyer filed bail requests eight times that were denied, Aishima was diagnosed with stomach cancer while detained and sent to an outside hospital too late for treatment.
- Prosecutors dropped charges in July 2021 after doubting illegality, and the Tokyo High Court ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government and the state to pay damages of 166 million yen .
- Critics noted the apology was an unusual public gesture, with Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officials offering flowers and deep bows at the grave, while Aishima's wife told them `I accept your apology, but I can never forgive you`, echoing past wrongful convictions like Iwao Hakamada's case.
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The police and prosecutors in Japan took this week the unusual measure of offering an apology, flowers and deep obeisances in the grave of an unjustly accused man who died of cancer without receiving proper treatment due to prolonged detention. They were apologizing to Shizuo Aishima, one of the three executives of the Ohkawara Kakohki machinery company based in Yokohama, near Tokyo, who were unjustly arrested and charged in 2020 for the unautho…
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Japanese officials apologize at grave of wrongfully detained man denied timely cancer treatment
Japanese police and prosecutors have apologized at the grave of Shizuo Aishima, a wrongfully accused man who died of cancer without proper treatment due to prolonged detention.
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