Teacher illicitly films girls changing in classroom

tokyoreporter.com -- Jun 02

Saitama Prefectural Police on Wednesday arrested a middle school teacher for allegedly taking illicit films of female students for more than one year, reports Fuji News Network.

Between April of 2016 and May of last year, Shohei Ota, 45, allegedly used a camera installed in a classroom of the school, located in Iruma City, to take tosatsu, or voyeur, footage of female students changing clothes.

According to police, an examination of the camera revealed several saved clips of girls stripping nude.

Ota, who has been accused under the anti-child pornography law, admits to the allegations. "I wanted to see female pupils changing," the suspect was quoted by police.

According to TV Asahi (June 1), the principal of the school did not inform anyone after learning about the alleged crimes by Ota in May of last year. However, the prefectural board of education received an anonymous tip about the matter.

Police are now investigating whether the school participated in a cover-up of the case.

Jun 02 (ANNnewsCH) - 女子生徒の着替えを盗撮したとして、中学校教師の男(45)が逮捕されました。校長は1年前から盗撮の事実を把握していましたが、教育委員会などには報告していませんでした。