YAMAGUCHI -- A 33-year-old police sergeant who paid a 16-year-old girl to engage in obscene behavior with her at a hotel has been arrested, law enforcers said.
Yamaguchi Prefectural Police arrested the 33-year-old officer, Takayuki Saeki, on suspicion of violating the law banning child pornography and child prostitution. He has reportedly admitted to the allegations against him.
"I did something terrible. I don't have any excuses," police quoted the officer as saying.
Investigators said Saeki paid a 16-year-old girl 15,000 yen to engage in obscene behavior with her at a hotel in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in late June last year, despite knowing that she was under the age of 18.
The prefectural police inspection office said police received an anonymous e-mail at the beginning of this month, saying that Saeki was involved in child prostitution. The sergeant had reportedly known the girl for some time. Police suspended Saeki on Jan. 9.
The 33-year-old sergeant took up his job in 1992. He had been working at a police box after being transferred to Shimonoseki Police Station in April 2006.
Chief administrative inspector Sadao Ishida said the matter would be dealt with strictly.
"It was behavior unworthy of a police officer, and we deeply apologize to prefectural residents," he said. "We will carry out strict disciplinary measures following an investigation into the facts."
児童買春：山口・下関署巡査部長を逮捕
少女に現金を渡してみだらな行為をしたとして、山口県警は２９日、同県警下関署地域課巡査部長、佐伯隆之容疑者（３３）＝同県下関市王司川端１＝を児童買春・児童ポルノ禁止法違反容疑で逮捕した。
調べでは、佐伯容疑者は昨年６月下旬、同県防府市のホテルで、１８歳未満と知りながら同市の少女（１６）に現金約１万５０００円を渡してみだらな行為をした疑い。「申し訳ないことをした。弁解の余地はない」と容疑を認めているという。
県警監察官室によると、今月上旬、県警本部に「佐伯（容疑者）が児童買春している」と匿名のメールがあり発覚。少女とは以前から面識があったという。９日から謹慎処分にしていた。
佐伯容疑者は９２年の採用。０６年４月に下関署に異動後は交番勤務だった。
石田貞男首席監察官は「警察官としてあるまじき行為で県民に深くおわびします。事実関係を調査の上、厳正な処分を行う」とコメントした。【島田信幸】
Mainichi
January 29, 2008
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