US official promises to prevent sex crimes by soldiers

Washington, July 3 (Jiji Press) – A senior U.S. State Department official vowed in an interview with Jiji Press on Wednesday that he would make every effort to prevent a repeat of recent cases of sex crimes involving U.S. military personnel stationed in Okinawa Prefecture in the far south of Japan.

“Incidents like this are truly deeply regrettable and regrettable, and we will work really hard to ensure that this does not happen again,” said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Daniel Kritenbrink.

The interview came after a U.S. soldier was charged in March with kidnapping and sexually abusing a girl in December last year. Last month, a Marine was charged with injuring and attempting to sexually assault a woman in May. Both cases occurred in Okinawa.

In addition, it was announced on Wednesday that there have been three more cases involving US military personnel since last year.

“The United States takes these allegations very seriously,” Kritenbrink stressed. “All U.S. soldiers are expected to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. Crimes such as those they are accused of absolutely violate our core values.”

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