Ex-Kanagawa police officials plead guilty to cover-up

Ex-Kanagawa police officials plead guilty to cover-up

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Kanagawa police chief Motoo Watanabe walks to the Yokohama District Court on Feb. 24 to appear in a trial. He and four other defendants later pleaded guilty to covering up the use of amphetamines by a policeman in 1996, a case which led to one of Japan's biggest police scandals.

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