Kenshin Uemura, who was arrested in Hong Kong for “indecent assault,” has already spent more than several million yen.
Arrest is discovered the day after “dismissal from the office
Kenshin Uemura, 25, a member of the Japanese dance and vocal group “ONE N’ ONLY,” was arrested by local police in Hong Kong on March 1 for indecent behavior with a woman. The trial is scheduled for April 15 at 9:30 a.m. at the West Kowloon Trial Court in Hong Kong.
The incident was discovered by a local media report on March 5, but “something unusual” had already happened on March 4, the day before. On the group’s website, it was announced that Uemura had withdrawn from the group and terminated his management contract with his agency, citing serious compliance violations. At that time, there was no mention of his arrest.
Since the group was scheduled to perform at the Nippon Budokan on May 9 and 10, Uemura’s “supporters” on the Internet voiced their disappointment.
According to local reports, Uemura held a fan meeting in Tung Chung, Hong Kong, on March 1 for the drama in which she stars, “Minors: Immature We Are Clumsy in Progress” (Yomiuri TV). Later that evening, a launch party was held at a restaurant in Mong Kok, where Uemura indecently assaulted a 27-year-old woman who was in charge of interpreting for the event. The victim reportedly filed a damage report with the police on the following day, the 2nd, and Uemura was arrested the same day.
The police said, “There is too little information, but Uemura got drunk and touched a female interpreter. There was another woman, another interpreter, who was also an eyewitness, and the police decided to arrest her.
If he was traveling for an event, there must have been a manager or a staff member from the TV station present, but did he go to the launch “in secret”? Even so, the response from the office seems too harsh at this stage of the case.
Actor Junsei Motoshima (20), who played the lead role in the drama with Uemura, commented on Instagram on the same day. He expressed his feelings , saying, “I am still having trouble sorting out my feelings and accepting the news reports about Kenshin. In response to the arrest, the group also apologized to fans for cancelling fan meetings that had been scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Osaka, and Tokyo.
And “ONE N’ ONLY,” from which Uemura withdrew, released a comment on its official website on the same day. The group wrote, “Words cannot describe the sudden disappearance of a member who has spent so much time with us.
On March 14, after Uemura’s arrest, a movie starring “ONE N’ ONLY,” “BATTLE KING! Map of The Mind-Termination” was released as scheduled. However, the scheduled stage greeting was canceled. It is likely that the members will not appear in public for a while.
Up to 10 years imprisonment for “indecent invasion”
What has Uemura been doing since his arrest? According to the Hong Kong court search database, Uemura will be tried for “indecent assault” under Article 122 of Chapter 200 of Hong Kong’s laws.
He is expected to fly there with relatives and a lawyer and stay at a hotel until the trial. However, it seems that more than several million yen in expenses have already been incurred, and I wonder how much it will cost before the trial is concluded. ……
We asked Makoto Endo, a lawyer at BLJ Law Offices, who is familiar with Hong Kong law, about the future prospects of the case.
Since Hong Kong was originally a British territory, its judicial system is based on the British one. Therefore, the legal fees are the same as in the UK and two to three times higher than those in Japan. If relatives fly to Hong Kong to find a lawyer, the longer they stay in the country, the more expensive it will be.
After arrest, if there is no fear of flight, the accused may be released on bail after paying bail money as in Japan, but if there is no information that the accused has been released on bail at this point, he will probably go straight to trial.
Under Hong Kong law, a conviction for indecent assault carries a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment.
He said, “It will probably take one or two trials to conclude and sentence him, so it won’t be that long before he is sentenced. If there are no prior convictions or habitual offenders,
As for the trial, Japanese fans will have to wait until the local media reports again.
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