"During Closing Ceremony Rehearsal..." Japanese Olympic Organizing Committee Part-Time Worker Arrested for Sexual Assault at Opening Ceremony Venue

On the morning of the 18th, the Olympic badminton match will be held at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] On the 18th, five days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan's Asahi Shimbun reported that "the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested a part-time worker of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee on charges of sexual assault."

On that day, Asahi reported that "a male university student A, a national of Uzbekistan, is known to have sexually assaulted a female part-time worker at the Japan National Stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies are held."

A is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the stadium's spectator seats around 9 p.m. on the 16th while working part-time at the stadium press center restaurant. A is reported to have defended himself by saying, "The woman did not dislike it."

At the time, the Olympic closing ceremony rehearsal was underway at the stadium.

Meanwhile, this is not the first time Tokyo Olympic staff have been arrested on criminal charges. Recently, Japanese police arrested four people, including British and American Olympic electrical technicians, on charges of using cocaine.

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