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Thursday, May 26, 2011

C'mon Japan, WTF? - "Prosecutors Taught That Yakuza & Foreigners Have No Rights."

More at the link, of course.

Public Prosecutors Were Taught That Yakuza & Foreigners Have No Rights | Japan Probe:
"Stunning revelation from former prosecutor on the real situation of initial training...

The chief prosecutor in the Saga City Agricultural Co-op case, infamous for use of false charges, spoke at a symposium held in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. He gave a stunningly candid account of the reality of training for new employees. He disclosed that in his past experience, “We were taught that yakuza and foreigners have no rights.” and “Prosecutors are instructed to make up a confession on their own and then make the suspect sign it.” Further, he gave a chilling account of how under this warped training system, “While being trained in this way, I came to sort of agree that these kinds of things were only natural.”"

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