Police in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, have arrested a 64-year-old man on suspicion of indecent assault after he forcibly kissed a junior high school girl at a park on Sunday and then called police later in the day to reported what he had done.
This is the first alleged sexual assault case in Tokushima Prefecture since Japan reformed its penal code in mid-July to impose stricter penalties on sexual offense acts, Kyodo News reported.
Police said the unidentified male suspect approached the girl who was sitting on a park bench at around 9 a.m. He forcibly kissed her and grabbed her buttocks. The girl was not physically injured and reported the incident to her parents, police said.
The suspect called Tokushima Chuo Police Station from a pay phone at 3:30 p.m. and said he would turn himself in.
© Japan Today
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falseflagsteve
Oh no! Another oldie who has lost his mind and begun to indulge in vile behaviour. What is happening lately?
sakurasuki
By turning self in he saved many innocent people from being falsely taken as potential suspect by officer.
Michael Machida
I hope I dont do that when Im his age. Scary.
Hercolobus
He probably wants a free lunch in jail.
Alongfortheride
Calling from a payphone rather than a mobile. I wonder if he is homeless and looking for a place to live.
garypen
What's scary is you think it might be a possibility.
Hope has nothing to do with it. Nor does age, especially only 64yo.
How about you just decide not do it because it's wrong.
konjo4u
He must have realized he was certain to be identified. It doesn't sound like there is any real attraction when adults do this with children. It is about exerting power over an innocent who cannot fend for themself.
Mocheake
After doing the absolutely wrong thing, he did the absolutely right thing. The first one is to be reviled but the second one commended in context. Throw the book at him anyway. Absolutely no excuse or tolerance for his first action.
602miko
What was the punishment for his bad behavior?
starpunk
Has this guy ever grown up? Oh I know, he's a Japanese counterpart to Donald Trump.
starpunk
At least he isn't bragging about this uncouth perverse stunt.