WORLD IN BRIEF : JAPAN : 1,000 Riot Against Police Corruption
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
More than 1,000 people angered by alleged police corruption took to the streets of a crime-ridden neighborhood in Osaka, burning barricades and pelting Japanese riot police with firebombs and rocks. At least 106 people, including 83 police officers, have been injured in several days of violence. The run-down neighborhood is known for its gangs, transient laborers and shabby hotels. The protest was touched off by the arrest of a local police officer on suspicion of taking $81,000 in bribes from two gangsters.
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