Police arrest ex-Mitsui officials over gas data fabrication

Police arrest ex-Mitsui officials over gas data fabrication

TOKYO, Japan - Yasunori Yokote (R), senior executive managing officer at Mitsui & Co., apologizes at a news conference in Tokyo on June 14 after police arrested two former Mitsui employees and a former official of a Mitsui subsidiary on suspicion of fabricating test data to obtain official approval for a diesel particulate filter. (Kyodo)

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