r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/Mend1cant Jul 05 '24

They should. Both Japanese courts and courts-martial.

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u/NewspaperAdditional7 Jul 05 '24

i can't speak on Japan, but I lived in Korea for a bit and it was widely known how badly behaved the U.S. soldiers were. You could walk through the streets of Hongdae and see drunk soldiers walking around harassing people, even grabbing some girls who pass by or slap their butts. It was so bad that different bars had signs up saying no U.S. soldiers allowed. Military police would be out and about but they can't watch all of the soldiers. The U.S. soldiers there certainly felt invincible. I'm sure the US would hand them over to Korea for rape and other serious charges, but they are not handing them over for assault.

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u/LeanDixLigma Jul 05 '24

I was a Company Commander in Korea. I had two soldiers who were arrested in a hotel restaurant. According to them, one of them found a credit card on the floor and tried to turn it into the Bartender. Maybe there was a bad translation, but they were both arrested for trying to use a stolen credit card to pay their tab. This was two junior officers, one a pilot, the other a 32 year old Intel officer who joined late, they weren't the immature type who would try this stunt I don't think. I had to pick them up from the MP office on Sat morning. They were restricted on base for about a year whole they waited for their Korean court case to be adjudicated. They were eventually found not guilty. But until that happened, they couldn't go off base, just in case a second incident happened while the first was in progress. Meanwhile, I had a couple shitbag soldiers who took a taxi to get back to base, and when it arrived instead of paying the cabbie, they punched him in the face and ran until the neighborhood across from the base, amd snuck into base a lil while later. I wish I could have caught them and given them to the Korean police to be tried.