A woman and her boyfriend were traveling with a group to Japan and the male member of the group who had breasts attacked argued that it was a "mistaken identity" | Lawyer Li Yusheng explains the legal issues related to sexual harassment in Japan

A woman and her boyfriend were traveling with a group to Japan and the male member of the group who had breasts attacked argued that he was a "mistaken person" | China Television News

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A Ms. Lin from Changhua traveled to Japan with her boyfriend. The next day, she was "attacked on the breast" by a member of the male band. At that moment, Ms. Lin yelled at her. Unexpectedly, the other person said that she accidentally admitted the wrong person, which made her very angry. The local police in Japan handled the case. The Japanese police also collected DNA from the clothes. However, since the man assaulted his chest overseas, it was an "overseas crime." Even though both of them were Taiwanese, Taiwan did not have the right to judge. Ms. Lin was afraid that she could only Attach relevant evidence and file a civil claim. In this regard, the team leader did not answer the phone and did not respond before deadline.

The complainant, Ms. Lin, said: "Japanese food is delicious and the environment is very clean." She likes to travel to Japan and even accepted interviews with the media when she arrived there. Unexpectedly, she was in such a good mood, but was put off by this move of a man in the same group. It was ruined. Ms. Lin, the complainant, said: "I came over and touched it. I was not defensive because there was no one I didn't know, so I didn't tell everyone to keep a normal social distance."

On the 24th of this month, Ms. Lin and her boyfriend went to Japan with a group for four days. When they visited the castle town of Akita Prefecture, her boyfriend was asked to help take photos, so she was alone at the corner waiting for the tour bus. Unexpectedly, one of the group members suddenly approached , touched Ms. Lin's chest, causing her to panic and stay in place. The complainant, Ms. Lin, said: "I didn't expect everyone (members) to be so indifferent to me. Instead, they came to tell me not to call the police. This is also Nothing will happen if you touch it, so it’s nothing.”

Really unable to swallow this breath, Ms. Lin came to her senses and yelled at the other person, but the other person said that she accidentally admitted the wrong person. However, Ms. Lin felt that she could not admit her mistake without wearing a mask, so she immediately reported it to the team leader, but the other party apologized to the team leader, which made Ms. Lin even more angry. Big, decided to report the case in Japan to seek justice. The Japanese police also collected Ms. Lin’s clothes that day to see if there was any DNA residue from the other party on the clothes. However, this situation did not happen in Taiwan. How should the victim seek compensation? Li Yusheng, a lawyer not involved in the party, said: "The fact is that it happened in Japan, and the lightest sentence in this case is not a fixed-term imprisonment of more than three years, so the Taiwanese court cannot try it." But if the behavior happened in Taiwan, the perpetrator might have constituted sexual harassment or forced indecency. sinful.

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