Another men\u2019s division member had engaged in door-to-door solicitation of votes, which was also against Japanese election laws. He, too, was arrested and threatened by the police, who pressed him to falsely testify that he had acted under instructions from Shin\u2019ichi Yamamoto.<\/p>\n
Knowing that the man\u2019s son had a school trip coming up and the boy was waiting anxiously for his father\u2019s return, the detective said to him: \u201cThey tell us your eldest son is going on a school trip. Why don\u2019t you just tell us what you know and go home? If you continue to be so stubborn, you could stay here for a long time. Why don\u2019t you just give in and confess? I\u2019ll talk to your son\u2019s teacher and arrange it so that you\u2019ll only have to pay half of your son\u2019s expenses for the trip. I\u2019ll even contribute 1,000 yen towards it out of my own pocket. \u201cWhen the member still insisted that he hadn\u2019t received any instructions from Chief of Staff Yamamoto, the detective stepped up his attack: \u201cDon\u2019t you feel sorry for your son? Don\u2019t you have any compassion? Are you a heartless monster? If you continue to be so stubborn, we\u2019ll keep at you until you come clean\u2014we\u2019ll even take turns questioning you so that you won\u2019t be able to get a decent night\u2019s sleep!\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, unable to withstand the insidious tactics of the devilish nature of authority, the man gave a false statement. During the subsequent trial, he recalled that moment with tears in his eyes: \u201cEven when I\u2019m working, it\u2019s hard to make ends meet; if I had to stay in jail for who knows how long, my family would have starved\u2026 \u00a0Therefore, offering an apology in my heart to the Gohonzon, I lied and said, \u2018Chief of Staff Yamamoto told me to do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During the 1957 Osaka Incident, the police pressed the true perpetrators of the vote solicitation in the 1957 Osaka by-election to falsely testify against Ikeda, who was arrested.
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