SAITAMA (TR) – In a pair of articles supplied by the Sankei Shimbun, investigative sources have revealed {that a} male former worker of East Japan Railway is suspected of illicit pictures of of girls in restrooms and the theft of their belongings.
According to the supply, the previous worker, 37, was arrested in August final yr on suspicion of violating the prefectural nuisance prevention ordinance for taking tosatsu voyeur pictures of girls in a restroom at JR Urawa Station.
When the Saitama Prefectural Police checked the smartphone they seized, they discovered that it contained not solely secret photographs in public restrooms but additionally many movies of secretly taking photographs of colleagues within the ladies’s restroom on the Kanda General Office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo the place he labored. He was rearrested the next month.
In the next investigation, the previous worker confessed that the key filming within the lavatory had been happening for about three years and that he had filmed about 4 or 5 individuals on 40 events.
The Saitama District Public Prosecutors Office confirmed that 9 of the instances came about within the workplace the place the previous worker labored between July 2023 and April final yr.
The expenses have been modified to violation of the Act on the Punishment of Sexually Transmitted Images, and many others., which carries a heavier penalty than the prefectural nuisance prevention ordinance as there was a danger that the video knowledge left on the smartphone can be leaked to exterior individuals and the crimes have been routine and malicious.
To perform the filming within the workplace, the previous worker broke right into a plumbing room. Measuring about one meter sq., it’s adjoining to a rest room. Used a smartphone app that enables for silent filming, he pressed it towards a wall so he may movie via a niche. Regarding his motive, he stated, “I felt guilty, but I had a strong desire to peek.”
JR East by no means revealed to the general public that the investigation was ongoing. In an interview with Sankei Shimbun, one lady who was victimized stated, “I asked the company many times to make it public, but they refused.”
Regarding these allegations, a consultant of JR East stated, “We are extremely sorry that a former employee caused a scandal. We will provide thorough training to our employees and strive to provide guidance to prevent recurrence.”
Tampons and sneakers
It was additionally discovered that the previous worker had been taking rubbish from a set level for tampons and different sanitary merchandise within the ladies’s restroom on the Kanda workplace. He additionally pilfered ladies’s sneakers supplied by the corporate. These stolen objects had been hidden in his desk and locker over the previous two to 3 years.
When questioned by the prefectural police, he stated, “I thought it would be bad if the company found out, but I had a habit of collecting. I couldn’t stop.”
While he was incarcerated, the previous worker requested his spouse to eliminate the sanitary merchandise hidden in his locker and desk. His spouse requested her husband’s colleague to eliminate them by way of a chat on the app Line. Howeever, the colleague refused after checking the contents of the locker.
In an interview with Sankei Shimbun, one sufferer testified, “I asked the company to file a police report, but they did not agree. Why is the victim’s feelings ignored while the perpetrator’s privacy is protected? I still cannot accept it.”
Regarding the latter allegations, a consultant from JR East stated, “We consulted with the police on this matter as well, but it was difficult to identify the victim, so we decided not to file a report.”