MATSUYAMA -- A police officer who sued the Ehime Prefectural Government for ill treatment after he exposed a prefectural police slush fund was awarded 1 million yen in damages in a ruling at a court here on Tuesday.
Awarded compensation was 58-year-old police sergeant Toshiro Senba.
"The treatment was unreasonable under social norms," the Matsuyama District Court's presiding judge said in handing down the ruling.
Senba filed a lawsuit seeking 1 million yen in damages, saying that he was the victim of a retaliatory personnel reshuffle after he exposed the slush fund, and that he was hindered from holding a news conference.
(Mainichi)
September 11, 2007
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