Post by WaTcHeR on Jan 26, 2006 12:22:36 GMT -5
01/25/2006 - Connecticut - A police officer was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pointing a gun at a man to force him to confess during questioning over a minor crime in the city of Nagasaki.
Lieutenant Norihiko Irie, 53, of the Oura police station has denied the allegations, saying he has never taken out a gun, according to the police.
He is suspected of summoning the 34-year-old man on Jan. 17 to the Takashima police box where he was then stationed and pointing a gun at his face to force him to confess to having removed a door of the police box, according to investigative sources.
He also allegedly intimidated a 56-year-old man he summoned to the police post by placing a gun and five bullets on the desk in front of him.
According to the police, nearby residents of the police box called the police Jan. 12 to say the officer was uttering nonsensical remarks and walking around screaming.
The police interviewed him on Jan. 13 and concluded there was nothing wrong with him. The police said it was regrettable that another incident involving the officer took place after that.
Lieutenant Norihiko Irie, 53, of the Oura police station has denied the allegations, saying he has never taken out a gun, according to the police.
He is suspected of summoning the 34-year-old man on Jan. 17 to the Takashima police box where he was then stationed and pointing a gun at his face to force him to confess to having removed a door of the police box, according to investigative sources.
He also allegedly intimidated a 56-year-old man he summoned to the police post by placing a gun and five bullets on the desk in front of him.
According to the police, nearby residents of the police box called the police Jan. 12 to say the officer was uttering nonsensical remarks and walking around screaming.
The police interviewed him on Jan. 13 and concluded there was nothing wrong with him. The police said it was regrettable that another incident involving the officer took place after that.