A former member of the House of Representatives is sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for sexually assaulting a middle school girl at a karaoke parlor in Tokyo in August 2024.

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Ex-Japan lawmaker gets suspended term for raping middle school girl

Leniency for Tamotsu Shiiki reflects country’s prejudices against young victims of sexual violence, observers say.

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Outrage in Japan after ex-lawmaker ‘got away’ with raping 12-year-old girl

Prosecutors had sought a five-year prison sentence. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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‘That’s nothing’: Ex-lawmaker in Japan gets suspended jail term for raping girl, stirring public fury

58-year-old Tamotsu Shiiki found guilty of sexually assaulting middle school girl in karaoke parlor in Tokyo's Kabukicho district - Anadolu Ajansı

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Former Japanese lawmaker awarded 3-year suspended jail term for statutory rape

A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a former member of the House of Representatives to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for sexually assaulting a junior high school girl at a karaoke parlor in Tokyo in August last year. The Tokyo District Court found Tamotsu Shiiki, 58, guilty…

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Ex-lawmaker gets suspended sentence for raping junior high school girl

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a former member of the House of Representatives to three years in prison, suspended for five yea

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A Japanese court has triggered a furious public outcry by giving a former politician a suspended prison term for raping a 12-year-old girl, a decision observers have said reflects the country’s prejudices against young victims of sexual violence. Tamotsu Shiiki, 58, was found guilty on Monday at the Tokyo District Court of nonconsensual sexual intercourse with the girl – who he had agreed to pay for sex – at a karaoke bar in Tokyo’s Kabukicho ni…

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