14 crimes committed in 19 days! Japan’s Okinawa government demands strict military discipline for US troops stationed in Japan

　　China News Service, November 14 According to the "Central News Agency" report, in the 19 days as of the 13th local time, 14 consecutive incidents of US troops stationed in Okinawa Prefecture were arrested by the police.

For this reason, the Okinawa prefectural government and the local government where the US military base is located protested to the US military for two consecutive days, demanding strict military discipline.

　　According to reports, a recent arrest of a US military stationed in Okinawa occurred on the evening of November 12, when a 22-year-old US soldier was involved in a chase and collision while driving while drunk. When the police arrived at the scene for an alcohol test, it was found that the soldier’s test value was about 5 times higher than the standard value. .

　　The other 13 cases occurred in the two weeks from October 25 to November 8. The arrests were soldiers of the US Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa, and the cases involved included robbery.

The robbery case occurred on November 8, when a 20-year-old Hansen camp US soldier was arrested by the police after he was arrested by the police when he was arrested by the police when he was arrested by the police when he was taking a taxi and strangling the driver’s neck from behind, grabbing cash and the taxi.

　　The Kanemu Town Council, where the Hansen Camp is located, unanimously passed a resolution and a letter of opinion at a temporary meeting on the 12th, demanding that the U.S. military apologize to the victim and provide complete compensation. The U.S. military should strictly enforce military discipline to prevent recurrence of such cases and amend the Japan-U.S. Status Agreement. "Wait.

　　The resolution will be sent to the U.S. ambassador to Japan and the commander of the U.S. Army in Japan, and the submissions will be sent to the Japanese Prime Minister, the Secretary of Defense, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

　　On the 10th, the Deputy Governor of Okinawa Prefecture Xie Hana Kiichi summoned Naifumi Hashimoto, the ambassador in charge of Okinawa, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Toshinori Tanaka, head of the Okinawa Defense Department, to the prefectural office and lodged a written protest that "were very angry."

Xie Hua said that such successive arrests of US troops stationed in Okinawa is an "abnormal state." Hashimoto said that he would express Japan's extremely regrettable position to the US and demand that the US really come up with countermeasures.