Overview
- The inspector, whom Osaka Prefectural Police sanctioned Thursday with a one-month 10% pay cut, made five younger subordinates feel unable to refuse post-shift drinking invitations.
- Investigators said he invited the group monthly after night duty and turned moody or pressed for reasons when they declined, which created pressure to attend.
- One subordinate reported having an ear pinched and being punched in the ribs during three gatherings, and police said they found no forced drinking.
- Monitoring chief Kazuyuki Nishikawa called the behavior unacceptable for a police officer and said training and prevention would be tightened.
- In a separate case announced Thursday, Deputy Inspector Shin Goto was fired after arrest and indictment over about ¥10 million taken from a death-scene apartment.