Mayor Saitama, arrested on suspicion of assault, released on August 8, 21:16
The Hiroshima Prosecutor's Office has released the Mayor of Satte City, Saitama Prefecture, who was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a female employee of a restaurant in Hiroshima City, with pending suspension. In the future, the investigation can be continued arbitrarily.
Mr. Kunio Watanabe (62), Satte City, Saitama Prefecture, was released.
Mayor Watanabe was arrested on the suspicion of assault for hitting a 20-year-old female employee several times in a multi-tenant building in Shintenchi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima at around 2:30 am on the 7th.
It was that he had denied the charges, saying that he did not remember the police.
As a result of the investigation, the Hiroshima Prosecutor's Office was released on the afternoon of the 8th with the suspension pending. The reason for release is not clear. In the future, the investigation can be continued arbitrarily.
Mayor Watanabe visited Hiroshima City on the 6th to participate in the Peace Memorial Ceremony held on the day of the Hiroshima atomic bomb as the head of the dispatch business of Satte City.