OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 38-year-old former employee at a kindergarten in Tokushima Prefecture for taking videos of naked boys in the changing room of a lodging facility in Kagawa Prefecture for the purpose of selling them, reports Kyodo News (May 13).
Between February to November last year, Hiroki Kamata allegedly took nude videos of three boys, ages 9 to 14 and living in Kyoto, Osaka and Okayama prefectures at the time, in the changing room of a lodging facility in Kagawa Prefecture from for the purpose of selling them.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Child Prostitution and Pornography Prohibition Law, Kamata admitted to the allegations. “I made 3 million yen over five years,” he said.
During the investigation, police seized 25 SD cards containing videos of boys from the suspect’s home. The investigation is ongoing as police believe that several thousand boys were victimized.
The videos mainly show boys believed to be elementary school students. The suspect sold the videos on social media for between 5,000 and 30,000 yen. At least 600 people purchased them.
In July of last year, police arrested a second man for taking tosatsu (secretly recorded) videos at a hot spring facility in Osaka City. It was discovered that the suspect had purchased the videos from the second man.
In January of this year, police searched Kamata’s home in Mima City, Tokushima and seized a total of 102 items, including a tablet computer.
On February 6, Mima City dismissed Kamata from his post.
