Frmr Japan Restoration Party member of the Parliament, Tamotsu Shiiki, 58, arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting junior high school girl at karaoke bar

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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.