Tokyo police have concluded their investigation into a former Singaporean diplomat who voyeuristically photographed a teenage boy at a public bathhouse in the capital in February.
Sim Siong Chye, a former counselor at Singapore’s embassy in Tokyo, has admitted to the allegations and apologized, they said.
The police submitted their investigation papers to the Public Prosecution Service on Thursday. They have decided to leave the decision on whether to file charges to prosecutors.
Sim, 55, initially returned to Singapore in April, according to police. In May, the police asked him to return to Japan through the embassy.
Sim returned to Japan on Sunday and agreed to a voluntary police interrogation.
Sim, who served as a diplomat in Japan, is suspected of using a smartphone to take photos of a naked 13-year-old high school student in the locker room of a public bathhouse in the Minato district of Japan around 8 p.m. on Feb. 2. Tokyo. 27.
Police officers, responding to a report from the bathhouse, confirmed that Sim had taken several photos of the boy in the locker room.
Sim admitted to taking the photos and deleted about 700 images from his smartphone on the spot. But he refused to accompany officers to the police station upon showing his diplomatic ID.
Sim was subsequently relieved of his diplomatic duties and returned to Singapore in April. On May 2, the embassy issued a statement saying it would “cooperate with the Japanese authorities and take the necessary measures.”
Translated by The Japan Times
