More woes for US military
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AN American base employee on Japan’s Okinawa was arrested for suspected drink-driving yesterday, a week after thousands of angry residents rallied in protest at crimes linked to the heavy US military presence.
US military personnel are still under curfew after a suspected rape and murder by another employee of a military base.
The 24-year-old US air force worker detained yesterday failed to stop at an intersection and collided with a car whose driver was unhurt, a police spokesman said.
A breath test indicated the American’s alcohol level was four times the legal limit, the spokesman said.
Anger at the US bases was rekindled last month with the arrest of a ex-US Marine, who at the time was a base employee, in connection with the death of a 20-year-old woman.
The arrest led to a month-long night-time curfew for US forces based on the island.
But earlier this month a US sailor was arrested on Okinawa for an alleged drink-driving incident in which two people were injured.
Some 65,000 people, organizers said, rallied on June 19 in protest at crimes and accidents linked to US soldiers and base workers.
The US forces on Okinawa have extended the curfew by four days until Tuesday, calling for “all 50,000 Americans on Okinawa, especially our servicemen and women” to be “law-abiding members of our local communities”, said a statement last week.
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