Chikan Suspect Evades Police

[Mulboyne]

Police were left red-faced when a suspected chikan esacaped while being escorted to a nearby koban. A woman felt herself being groped on a morning commuter train and grabbed the man she suspected had committed the crime. She alerted staff at Nakano Station who contacted the police. Within moments, three officers arrived and two were asked to take the man down to the koban outside the station. At the ticket gate, the suspect shielded his face with his commuter pass - presumably to evade any CCTV surveillance - and sprinted into the rush hour crowd. He had a headstart of no more than a few metres but Tokyo's finest lost sight of him in the mass of commuters almost immediately. They are now looking out for a middle-aged, medium-build man wearing a suit. Police are investigating how their officers failed to keep the suspect in custody.


Source (Japanese)

[FG Lurker]

They are now looking out for a middle-aged, medium-build man wearing a suit.

No problem! There couldn't be more than a few million men in Tokyo on any given day who fit that description...

[Level3]

If you're ever falsely accused of chikan behavior, many J lawyers would agree that your best option is to flee the scene ASAP.
(and not wait around for the cops to show up, don't even let yorself be dragged to the station office)
Gives you a much better chance than what will happen in the 99% "Guilty" J "justice" system.

I suppose being a gaijin makes it a bit tougher, especially to hide from cameras, but again. If you wait for the cops to show up, there's a 100% chance you'll be in jail for 23 days (no bail for gaijin), and a 99% chance you'll be found guilty.

Running can only improve the odds.
If you manage to get home and find the incident has been blasted on the news and your pixelated face is on TV, then get out of Japan via a non-local airport ASAP.

And gaijin openly talking about running as being the only option for the innocent man in this twisted system would be a good thing. Establish that runnning indicates innocence, rather than guilt.
But then, what racist J judge will even care?

Saw "Soredemo Boku ha Yatteinai" on DVD. Scary.

[sublight]

"They are now looking out for a middle-aged, medium-build man wearing a suit."

Ha! My disguise worked!

[IkemenTommy]

Big deal. He entered and exited with presumably his SUICA or PASMO so his personal ID is logged in the system. Only if the keystones are bright enough to go with that approach.

But then, it's just a chikan and no one was harmed so they'll probably let this one slide.

The police need to learn from the gaijins to bravely bolt through the ticket gate without tapping in.

[Mulboyne]

Big deal. He entered and exited with presumably his SUICA or PASMO so his personal ID is logged in the system...

He didn't tap out with his card. He was holding it over his face.

[Catoneinutica]

The whole business is just supremely annoying, being surrounded on the train/subway by greasy-faced, death-breathed would-be chikan and pin-headed, stump-legged little hags who think everyone wants to feel them up. I just take my briefcase and use it like a snowplow blade to push people aside.

-catone
-yesterday I was on the Tozai Line and, having finished my bottle of green tea, put the empty on the floor under my seat. It fell over and rolled around the subway car before finally coming to rest at the sliding doors, whereupon an overweight salaryman boarded the car and stepped right on it - crunch. He sat down and started whining in that quintessentially Japanese horse-neighing way. It was all very droll.