Former public prosecutor's defense pleads not guilty at Osaka District Court's special public servant assault and cruelty trial

The fourth trial of Daisuke Tabuchi (54), a former prosecutor in charge of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, who was charged with assaulting and abusing a special public servant after he was accused of insulting the prosecutor by saying, ``Don't mess with the prosecution,'' during an investigation into a case of embezzlement in the course of business by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department, was held on the 6th at the Osaka District Court (presiding judge Naoko Omori). In his opening statement, the defense argued that he was innocent, saying, ``I strongly pointed this out because I wanted him to tell the truth.''

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Tabuchi was in charge of interrogating a 61-year-old man who was a subordinate of the former president of a real estate company who was found not guilty in an embezzlement case. On December 8, 2019, he raped her on the desk and threatened her, telling her, ``You're lying,'' and the next day, on the 9th, she confronted him, saying, ``You're a major criminal who brought the company's reputation into disrepute.''

Regarding the interrogation of the man, Tabuchi's defense attorney explained, ``We believed it was important to clarify the facts by listening to what he had to say and comparing it with objective evidence and the statements of those involved.''