Second Civil Trial in Okawara Chemical Machinery False Accusation Case Also Orders Compensation From Tokyo and National Government

There was no basis for the arrest and indictment. Regarding the Okawara Chemical Machinery Case, a false accusation by the Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau, the Tokyo High Court's ruling on the 28th went further than the first instance, criticizing the investigation by the Public Security Bureau and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.

[NHK] The president of Yokohama-based chemical machinery manufacturer "Okawahara Chemical Machinery" and two others were arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau on suspicion of illegal exports, but their innocence was later revealed...

The president and others of Okawahara Chemical Engineering (Yokohama City), who were arrested and indicted for illegally exporting equipment with military uses and whose charges were later dropped, have filed a lawsuit against the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the national government, claiming that the investigation by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office was illeg…

The Tokyo High Court (Ota) ruled in favor of Masaaki Okawahara (76), president of Okawahara Chemical Engineering (Yokohama), whose indictment for violating the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act for the unauthorized export of equipment that could be used to manufacture biological weapons was dropped. The company also sought damages from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the national government for losses suffered as a result of illegal i…