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A 58-year-old Tokyo police officer is being investigated for sexual assault after he was accused of groping a woman on the street.
The case has been sent to prosecutors regarding the unnamed officer who is assigned to the Setagawa police station, Fuji TV reported.
According to the investigation, the officer groped the woman, who is in her 20s, in Shibuya Ward, at around 9 p.m. on May 29. The victim immediately called 110 and reported the incident to police.
Police said the officer has admitted to the charge and said he was intoxicated at the time as he was heading back home. A Tokyo Metropolitan Police spokesperson said the department is planning to take disciplinary action against the officer but did not specify what.
© Japan Today
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oldman_13
Another day, another groping incident in Japan.
Disillusioned
Pulls out the 'I was drunk' excuse. The only way to stop this pathetic behaviour by Japanese men is to start giving them severe penalties that include guaranteed jail time.
Randy LaBotte
Groping? How about reporting this as Sexual Assault. Groping... good grief. How about a 58 year old Japanese officer sexually assaulted a 20 year old Japanese woman. The officer admitted to the crime and also admitted that he is a drunk.
Michael Jackson
There was a very similar story not too long ago and like that one the follow-up will not be run and we'll never know what if any disciplinary action was ever taken
Michael Jackson
At that age he's a higher ranking officer, his name private. But I have to wonder if it was the police who "unnamed" him or was it JT's writers.
Michael Jackson
@ Randy, did you read the first sentence
shallots
disciplinary action? not a firing offense?
JerseyDevil
"A 58-year-old Tokyo police officer "
RealCDN
Gropers everywhere... but apparently not all are punished.
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Randy LaBotte
@ Micheal, did you read the headline. The article diminishes the crime in the headline and then refers to the 'admitted' crime in it's first sentence as an 'investigation'.
Did you miss this? Should I point out more, the article is filled with misinformation related to a admitted crime.
macv
gropers know they won't go to jail so how about a penalty where it really hurts in the wallet fining huge sums to dissuade them from further groping? One must have mental deficiency to be a groper so there probably isn't a cure. An anti-chikan (groping) association has had good results with ladies wearing NO CHIKAN bags as a deterrent.
Luddite
Please stop using the word 'groping' as it is trivialising the sexual assaults the victims are experiencing.
Surprise, surprise the sex offender is coming out with the "I was drunk" excuse.
commanteer
As though this is unique to Japan. Ask any girl who has been to an outdoor concert in the US, groping is commonplace.It's so common it never makes the news, unless the perpetrator is celebrity who is being "me-too'd".
Cochise
Here we go again. And its a cop AGAIN.