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Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

KYOTO, Japan - Members of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office walk into the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office to conduct a search on Oct. 2, 2010, after Hiromichi Otsubo and Motoaki Saga, the former chief and deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, were arrested on suspicion of covering up the alleged destruction of evidence by a subordinate during an investigation into a postal abuse scandal. Otsubo worked at the Kyoto prosecutors office by the time of his arrest.

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2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, speaks at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal.

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2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, bows and apologizes at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal.

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2 senior prosecutors held over data tampering

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, heads to Tokyo from Osaka on Sept. 23, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested him and his former deputy on Oct. 1 in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal.

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Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

KYOTO, Japan - Members of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office walk into the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office to conduct a search on Oct. 2, 2010, after Hiromichi Otsubo and Motoaki Saga, the former chief and deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, were arrested on suspicion of covering up the alleged destruction of evidence by a subordinate during an investigation into a postal abuse scandal. Otsubo worked at the Kyoto prosecutors office by the time of his arrest. (Kyodo)

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2 senior prosecutors held over data tampering

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, heads to Tokyo from Osaka on Sept. 23, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested him and his former deputy on Oct. 1 in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)

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2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, bows and apologizes at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)

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2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, speaks at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)

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2 ex-prosecutors get suspended terms

OSAKA, Japan - Hiromichi Otsubo, former head of the elite investigative team at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, enters the Osaka District Court on March 30, 2012. The court sentenced Otsubo and his former deputy to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after being found guilty of covering up evidence tampering by one of their subordinates in the course of investigations into a case involving the abuse of a postal discount system. (Kyodo)