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Deputy manager of Tokyo gov’t anti-coronavirus prevention bureau arrested over sexual assault Jan. 17 11:00 am JST Jan. 17 | 03:36 pm JST TOKYO
A 55-year-old man who is a deputy manager of a department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Bureau of Social Welfare and Health that deals with anti-coronavirus measures has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female acquaintance.
Police said Hiromi Takahashi was arrested Friday, Sankei Shimbun reported. They did not say when or where the alleged assault took place, nor whether Takahashi has admitted to the charge or not.
A spokesman for the Tokyo government called the incident regrettable and said the bureau is fully cooperating with the police investigation.