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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Japan., Trial for postal discounts..[ 1371 ]

Bureaucrat on trial for alleged role in abuse of postal discounts says accusations false

Atsuko Muraki (Mainichi)

Atsuko Muraki (Mainichi)

OSAKA -(Mainichi Japan) June 30, 2010- The defense counsel for a bureaucrat, on trial for allegedly ordering subordinates to forge an official document allowing a scam group to benefit from mail discounts for the handicapped, has argued that she is being falsely accused.

"Prosecutors investigated the case on the assumption that the defendant was involved, and forced those involved to testify to her participation. Moreover, prosecutors ignored objective evidence showing that the defendant is not guilty," the attorney told the Osaka District Court during the final hearing on June 29. "It's obvious that she was falsely accused."

"I hope that my innocence will be proven as soon as possible and want to lead an ordinary life," said the defendant, 54-year-old Atsuko Muraki. She is a bureau director general at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry -- currently suspended from duty as she is standing trial.

It is highly likely that the court will acquit Muraki, legal experts say, as Presiding Judge Nobuyuki Yokota refused to accept key depositions of defendants and witnesses -- which prosecutors had submitted to the court -- as evidence on the grounds that the way prosecutors questioned them was inappropriate.

During proceedings, prosecutors asserted that Muraki instructed her subordinates to forge a document after Hajime Ishii, a ruling Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors, had asked a former department manager with the ministry to do so. However, both Ishii and the former manager have denied the allegations.

Prosecutors demand the defendant spend 18 months behind bars for falsifying and using an official document. The court is scheduled to hand down a ruling on Sept. 10.

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