A 58-year-old police inspector who works at the Chugoku Shikoku Regional Police Academy has been arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s whom he met on a dating app. He revealed that he was a police officer and threatened to say, "I'm in the department in charge of prostitution, and this will be a crime," so the police are investigating the details of the situation. The police inspector has denied the charges.
The arrested suspect is Koichi Iwamoto (58), a police inspector who serves as the head of the guidance department at the Chugoku Shikoku District Police Academy in Hiroshima City.
According to the police, in September, Inspector Iwamoto told a woman in her 9s he met on a dating app at a hotel in Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, "Actually, she is a police officer, and she works in a department in charge of prostitution. This would be a crime," and is suspected of sexually assaulting her.
In addition, in addition to making a document as a "letter of apology", he is also suspected of extortion for ambushing near the woman's home and asking for her mobile phone number.
The police were investigating the case by analyzing the mobile phone after being consulted by the woman.
Police believe that there are other victims of similar tactics and are investigating the details of the circumstances.
According to the police, the police inspector denied the charges, saying, "There is no doubt that he met the woman, but he did not sexually assault or coerce her."
Chief of Inspector General, Regional Police Bureau: "We will deal with it strictly"
Katsunori Inoue, chief of the Inspector General of the Chugoku Shikoku Regional Police Bureau, commented, "It is truly regrettable that the staff member was arrested, and we will investigate the facts and take strict action."