Greenpeace Japan has filed a legal complaint with the Tokyo District Court demanding that police return documents seized during an investigation into the environmentalist group's recent protest over dioxin pollution, members said.
The group called the seizure illegitimate and said the confiscated documents, which included lists of its members and supporters, are irrelevant to the case being investigated.
It also asked the court to nullify the police's confiscation record.
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