県警前生安部長を起訴　不祥事情報漏えい―本部長が説明へ・鹿児島

　不祥事に関する内部文書を第三者に漏らしたとして、鹿児島県警の前生活安全部長が逮捕された事件で、鹿児島地検は２１日、国家公務員法（守秘義務）違反罪で、前部長本田尚志容疑者（６０）を起訴した。
　事件を巡っては、本田容疑者が逮捕後の勾留理由開示手続きで、県警本部長が不祥事を隠蔽（いんぺい）しようとしたと指摘していた。本部長は同日午後、指摘について説明するとみられる。（2024/06/21-12:45）

The Kagoshima District Public Prosecutors Office in southwestern Japan on Friday indicted a former senior official of the Kagoshima prefectural police department for allegedly breaching confidentiality by leaking an internal document containing information about a police scandal.
   Takashi Honda, a 60-year-old former head of the police department's community safety division, was arrested late last month on suspicion of sending the internal document, which he obtained while in office, to a writer in the northern city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, in late March after his retirement.
   During a court procedure on June 5, Honda claimed that he could not overlook an attempt by the police department's head, Akiteru Nogawa, to cover up a criminal act committed by an official of the police department.
   At a regular press conference on Friday, Nogawa reiterated his denial of the allegation, saying, "I never ordered a cover-up."
   In addition to the Honda case, the Kagoshima police department has been hit by a series of scandals this year, including three cases in which police officers have been arrested. The National Police Agency is considering sending an inspector to the department as early as next week.