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No cases involving military civilian employees “on duty” have been brought before a U.S. court martial in Japan
November 13, 2011 Hideki Matsudo of Ryukyu Shimpo
Of the 62 cases of crime or incidents involving U.S. military civilian employees in Japan that have occurred “in the line of duty” during the five-year period of 2006-2010, it was recently divulged that none of those have been brought to a court-martial, and 27 cases, or approximately 40% of those, were processed as being “not subject to punishment.” In 35 cases, disciplinary action against the suspected civilian employees was taken....