Ex-prosecutor Mitsui found guilty of bribe-taking

OSAKA, Japan - Tamaki Mitsui, former chief of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office's public security department, enters the Osaka District Court on Feb. 1. The court sentenced him to 20 months in prison and fined him 220,000 yen for taking bribes from a gangster in exchange for investigative information. (Kyodo)

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