Shizuoka police admit embezzling 10 mil. yen

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Wataru Ohashi, director of the Shizuoka prefectural police, bows in apology March 5 after the force admitted it embezzled around 10 million yen in prefectural money in fiscal 1995 by pretending the funds had been used for business trips and food.

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