``I thought if I said it forcefully, it would resonate.'' Former special prosecutor's questions to defendant - Osaka District Court

The 8th trial of Daisuke Tabuchi (54), a prosecutor accused of assaulting and abusing a special public servant, was held at the Osaka District Court on the 20th after he was accused of assaulting and abusing a special public servant after being questioned by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department, saying things like, ``You don't care for the prosecution.'' The defendant was questioned, and Tabuchi explained about the man he interrogated, saying, ``I thought he was a person who could touch people's hearts if he spoke strongly and emotionally.''

In 2019, Tabuchi was in charge of interrogating a man who was a subordinate of the former president of a real estate company (who was found not guilty) in an investigation into a business-related embezzlement case involving a school corporation. After confessing at the voluntary stage, the man turned to denial.

Defendant Tabuchi explained that he was grilled during the interrogation, saying, ``I thought that if I spoke strongly and emotionally, he would be able to resonate with my heart.'' After admitting to the charges, he said, ``I thought that if the pressure from the company and the yoke of his position were lifted, he might come forward to talk.''

When asked by Presiding Judge Naoko Omori if she was angry that she interrupted the man's speech by banging on the desk, Tabuchi denied it and said she was pretending to be angry. Looking back on the interrogation as a whole, he said, ``I should have straightened up and conducted a more careful interrogation.''