A 38-year-old defendant, who was charged with violating the Stimulant Drug Control Law and was temporarily suspended for treatment at a hospital in Saitama Prefecture, fled the hospital on the 17th, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and police searched for his whereabouts. I am.
Fleeing is unemployed Ken Ueda (38), who has been charged with theft and Stimulant Drug Control Law violations.
According to the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office, Ueda has decided to suspend detention from the morning of the 17th to the evening of the 19th, provided that the court is accompanied by a lawyer, in order to receive medical treatment at a hospital in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture. However, on the afternoon of the 17th, a lawyer contacted him to find out that Ueda had escaped.
Ueda is 1 meter 53 centimeters tall and weighs 58 kilograms, and the court's decision to suspend detention has been revoked.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office states that "we are working with the police to investigate the whereabouts."