Forensic analysts are furious with 130 DNA tests...The reason is absurd
Sep 12, 2025
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According to Japanese media such as NHK, the Saga Prefecture Police Agency recently announced that an employee in his 40s belonging to a forensic research institute was investigated on charges of destroying evidence and immediately dismissed him.
Since joining the company in 2012, he has conducted a total of 632 DNA analysis tasks so far. It is mainly to analyze the DNA of suspects from confiscated materials or evidence collected by police.
However, it was revealed that a total of 130 DNA test results were manipulated for about seven years from June 2017 to October last year.
In October last year, the misconduct was revealed when a superior found a date error during the document approval process.
According to an internal investigation, nine cases were falsely reported that 'DNA traces were not detected even though the analysis was not performed, and four cases were found to have submitted substitutes after losing evidence. A total of 16 cases were sent to the prosecution.
Police re-verified 124 cases with evidence remaining to determine whether the manipulation affected the investigation and trial.
As a result, eight cases found inconsistencies with existing reports, but no DNA that could prove a specific person was detected, which did not affect the investigationcame to the conclusion that ' A police officer said there was no impact on the trial" he said.
As for the reason for the manipulation, analyst A "I wanted to look good to my boss. I thought that would finish the work quickly," he was quoted as saying.
Saga Prefectural Police acknowledge poor management and supervision and will review procedures to prevent recurrence" he made an official apology.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
