OSAKA (Kyodo) A veteran West Japan Railway Co. conductor was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of deliberately disabling safety equipment on the trains he had been operating, police said.
Hirokazu Fujita, 49, is alleged to have broken equipment, compromised safety and obstructed train services by removing a fuse in early April from the standby power supply of an emergency radio system in the driver's cab.
He allegedly admitted to removing fuses on around 20 occasions.