NHK has reported that a former counselor at the Embassy of Singapore in Japan has returned to Tokyo to respond to voluntary questioning over allegations that he secretly filmed a naked teen at a public bath in the capital.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department plans to send papers on the case to prosecutors as early as Thursday on suspicion of violations of laws banning child pornography and others.
Investigative sources say the 55-year-old former diplomat allegedly shot video of a boy and others with a smartphone in a bathhouse changing room in February. The man was working at the embassy at that time.
Police rushed to the scene after receiving a call from a bathhouse employee. During questioning, the man reportedly admitted to filming the video, but refused officers’ request to voluntarily accompany them to the police station or submit his smartphone, citing his diplomatic immunity from arrest.
He returned to Singapore in April.
