Ex-investigator says misuse of invalidated driver's licenses also occurred in western Japan
A former investigator who worked for a prefectural police force in western Japan has told the Mainichi Shimbun that police there also misused invalida
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A former investigator who worked for a prefectural police force in western Japan has told the Mainichi Shimbun that police there also misused invalida

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