{"id":173139,"date":"2025-09-18T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173139&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:38:23","slug":"kyushu-lawyers-demand-probe-into-dna-test-scandal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-lawyers-demand-probe-into-dna-test-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Lawyers Demand Probe Into DNA Test Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kyushu Bar Federation condemned misconduct by a former Saga police forensic employee who falsified DNA test results in about 130 cases over seven years. The federation said the acts undermined criminal justice and called for an independent third-party investigation to assess the impact on trials and determine why the misconduct went undetected. It also urged checks at other investigative bodies to ensure similar problems have not occurred. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kyubenren.org\/seimei\/250917seimei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Federation of Bar Associations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173127\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_saga-prefectural-police-hq-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saga Police\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_saga-prefectural-police-hq-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_saga-prefectural-police-hq-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_saga-prefectural-police-hq-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_saga-prefectural-police-hq-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kyushu Bar Federation condemned misconduct by a former Saga police forensic employee who falsified DNA test results in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173139","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}