Tamotsu Shiiki, 58, Parlamentsabgeordneter der ehemaligen japanischen Restaurationspartei, wurde wegen des Verdachts der sexuellen Belästigung einer Mittelschülerin in einer Karaoke-Bar festgenommen.

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>A 58-year-old former member of the House of Representatives was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for sexually assaulting a junior high school girl at a karaoke bar in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. He has so far denied the charges.

>The arrested suspect is Tamotsu Shiiki, 58, a former member of the House of Representatives and a resident of Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture.

>According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he is suspected of sexually assaulting a first-year junior high school female student at a karaoke bar in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, on the 20th of last month.

>It is believed that the former councilor and the female student first met on a street in Shinjuku on the day of the incident, and later went to a karaoke bar together.

>The former council member admitted to going into the karaoke bar with the female student, but denied the allegations.

>The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the incident.

>Former Representative Shiiki ran for the Japan Restoration Association in 2012 and was elected for the first time, serving two terms as a member of the House of Representatives.