Soldier held in alleged sexual assault

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Soldier held in alleged sexual assault
Kyodo News
Posted : Wednesday Feb 20, 2008 16:15:23 EST

NAHA, Japan, Feb. 21 — The military took an army member into custody in the middle of this month for an alleged sexual assault on a Philippine woman in Okinawa Prefecture, investigative sources told Kyodo News on Wednesday.

The prefectural police plan to seek an arrest warrant soon on suspicion that he had raped the woman, based on a claim filed by her.

The incident follows the alleged rape of a Japanese junior high school girl by a 38-year-old Marine staff sergeant on Feb. 10.

The alleged rape, combined with other recent incidents involving U.S. military personnel, prompted the Japanese government to seek stricter discipline among such personnel.

The U.S. military on Wednesday imposed an around-the-clock curfew on all its personnel in Okinawa as part of its disciplinary measures amid an uproar in Japan.


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