MIE (TR) – Mie Prefectural Police have referred a metropolis councilman member for Tsu Metropolis to the prosecutor’s workplace for kissing a fellow feminine council member and making an attempt to sexually assault her throughout a enterprise journey in Hokkaido Prefecture final yr.
Throughout an interview with an investigator on September 30, the Sankei Shimbun realized that the unnamed councilman was referred to prosecutors on September 25 on suspicion of indecent assault with out consent and tried sexual activity with out consent.
In an interview, the accused councilman defined that the allegations are “groundless.”
On July 20, 2023, the councilman is alleged to have forcibly kissed and groped the feminine metropolis council member inside an elevator at a lodge in Otaru Metropolis, Hokkaido.
The incident occurred that evening. After eating with the male metropolis councilman and others at a restaurant, the feminine metropolis council member was within the elevator to return to her room when the town councilman acquired in together with her.
The feminine metropolis council member filed a injury report with Hokkaido Prefectural Police in February. The Mie Prefectural Police later took over the investigation.
In accordance with the Tsu Metropolis Council Secretariat, six metropolis council members belonging to the town council’s Common Affairs and Finance Committee visited the three cities of Tomakomai, Chitose, and Otaru in Hokkaido from July 19 to 21 final yr.
