Budapest police officers under review for neglecting murdered Japanese woman’s “cries for help”
At least three Budapest police officers are under review for neglecting the murdered Japanese woman Megumi’s cries for help. The woman turned to the authorities at least twice for receiving death threats from his former husband and for the robbery of her computer. The police said that the number of death threats was not enough for them to act despite once the ex-husband had written to the woman that she would die a painful, slow death.
3 Budapest police officers under review
Last autumn, David, the ex-husband and alleged murderer of Megumi, wrote “You will die a painful, slow death”. She immediately turned to the local police, showing a similar threat from his husband, but the harassment was not enough for the authorities. The 5th district police rejected the report, but their first official notification about the decision was dismissed by the prosecutor’s office since it lacked an explanation. The second try proved to be acceptable, and the Budapest police department started an interior probe against the officers involved after the tragic death was revealed.
According to Blikk, the communications department of the Budapest Police Department said they would have results by the following week. They also added that the police department established contact with the Irish and Dutch colleagues. Ferenc Rab, the deputy spokesman of the Budapest prosecutor’s office, told Blikk that they arrested the suspect for 30 days for investigation.
Multiple threats
The Irish national, David, and his late wife, Megumi, moved to Budapest more than ten years ago. Their relationship deteriorated, and the ex-husband moved to the Netherlands but kept visiting their 6- and 10-year-old children living with their mother in their 5th district apartment. When he was in Budapest, he slept in the apartment.
First, Hungarian authorities believed his version of the events, stating that the woman died in a fire caused by smoking in bed. However, her friends raised attention that Megumi did not smoke, so a Hungarian organisation dealing with, among others, domestic violence, took up the fight. Later, the police acknowledged that evidence refutes the allegations of the former husband concerning the death of Megumi and started an investigation, arresting the Irish national. The police also apologised for their insensitive Facebook comments concerning the murder:
Blikk learned that Megumi turned at least twice to the police before her death. Once, she reported her ex-husband because of the threats, but the authorities neglected her. On a second occasion, she reported the disappearance of her laptop, stating that it was her husband’s revenge. Police began to investigate then but could not find the device.
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