任にん意い聴ちょう取しゅ

noun

voluntary questioning; voluntary interview

A police procedure where a person voluntarily agrees to be questioned, without arrest or compulsion. Common in legal and news contexts.

• 警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃに任にん意い聴ちょう取しゅを行おこなった。

  The police conducted a voluntary interview with the suspect.

• 任にん意い聴ちょう取しゅに応おうじるかどうかは本ほん人にんの自じ由ゆうです。

  Whether to comply with voluntary questioning is up to the individual.