Okinawans call for handover of U.S. serviceman over hit-and-run
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| Okinawa residents and lawmakers march in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, protesting the U.S. military’s refusal to a hand over a staff sergeant who is suspected of causing a fatal hit-and-run accident. KYODO PHOTO |
Okinawans call for handover of U.S. serviceman over hit-and-run
NAHA (Kyodo) Over a thousand Okinawa residents and lawmakers gathered Sunday in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, urging the U.S. military to hand over the custody of a U.S. serviceman who is suspected of involvement in a fatal hit-and-run accident in the village last month but refuses questioning by the Japanese police.
| A military official at Torii Communication Station receives a resolution from a represenative of a group of Okinawa residents demanding for a review of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. KYODO PHOTO |
The staff sergeant of the U.S. Army, who has allegedly admitted to his involvement in the Nov. 7 accident that left a 66-year-old man dead, has been detained by the U.S. military and will remain so until a possible indictment by the Japanese authorities as stated under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement.
But the gathering of some 1,500 people, including senior officials of the village government and lawmakers of the ruling coalition, called for the sergeant to be handed over even before indictment and adopted a resolution to review the agreement that has “allowed the suspect to run away into the (U.S. military) base.”
Participants later marched to the Torii Communication Station in the village, where the sergeant has been working, and handed a copy of the resolution to an official at the military base.
The staff sergeant initially responded to voluntary questioning by Japanese investigators but has refused to go to a Japanese police facility.
He has told his lawyer he believes he hit the man and wants to apologize to the bereaved family, according to the lawyer.
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