Man nabbed for raping South Korean music festival
volunteer
TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki -- A 20-year-old man who raped a South Korean
university student visiting Nagasaki Prefecture as a volunteer in a
friendship music festival has been arrested, police said
Saturday.
The 20-year-old, Daizo Konishi, was arrested on suspicion of raping
the student on a road in Tsushima on Friday. He has admitted to the
allegations against him, police said.
Investigators said Konishi choked the student with both hands as he
raped her at about 11:30 p.m. on Friday.
The 22-year-old student had come to Tsushima from the South Korean
city of Pusan to work as a volunteer in the Tsushima Chingu Music
Festival 2006. Konishi was working part-time at a seaside
clubhouse.
Police said that Konishi had met the student prior to the incident.
As they were walking along a road he suddenly attacked her,
investigators said. The student filed a police complaint in the
predawn hours of Saturday.
The festival is held every year with the aim of promoting exchange
between Japan and South Korea through music. In South Korean
"chingu" means friend. This year's lineup of Japanese singers
included Ryoko Moriyama and Hitoshi Komuro. Four South Korean
students, including the 22-year-old victim, were participating in
the festival as volunteers.