​​​​​​​Singapore diplomat accused of filming teen at Tokyo public bath to be charged in Japan: Report

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The 55-year-old former counsellor at the Singapore Embassy in Tokyo has returned to Japan for questioning, according to local media reports.

The 55-year-old man has returned to Japan for questioning by the police, Japan ese media reported on Thursday .request made by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

A counsellor is a diplomatic rank for officers serving overseas, such as in an embassy. According to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a diplomat cannot be arrested. Staff members at the public bath in Tokyo's Minato Ward reportedly called the police who, upon arriving, searched the diplomat's phone and found"multiple naked photos of male customers", according to Asahi at that time.

When asked to delete the photos from his phone, the diplomat"deleted them on the spot", reported the Japanese news outlet. He allegedly deleted 700 photos from his phone, which he told police he had taken in the six months leading up to the incident.

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