TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested Tamotsu Shiiki, a former member of the Home of Representatives, over the alleged sexual assault of a lady final month.
In accordance with the Shinjuku Police Station, Shiiki, 58, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the woman, a first-year center faculty pupil, at a karaoke parlor within the Kabukicho red-light district on August 20.
Upon his arrest, Shiiki admitted to going to the parlor, Nevertheless, he denied committing the act, in line with NHK (Sep. 9).
The previous member of the Home of Representatives, who lives in Urayasu Metropolis, Chiba Prefecture, and the feminine pupil are believed to have met for the primary time on the road in Shinjuku Ward on the day of the incident. They later went to the karaoke parlor collectively.
Shiiki ran for workplace as a candidate in Chiba’s thirteenth district for the then Japan Restoration Occasion in 2012. After his election, he served two phrases as a member of the Home of Representatives.
Shiiki ran for workplace two different occasions in 2017 (Osaka Prefecture) and 2021 (Chiba Prefecture). Nevertheless, he failed in each makes an attempt.
Tokyo police are investigating the small print of the incident.
