KOBE ¨C Police have referred to prosecutors a man in Kobe for allegedly attaching a loss prevention tag to the bicycle of a female acquaintance without her consent.
The suspect, a company worker, 29, has admitted to his alleged violation of the revised antistalking law, saying, ¡°I like her and wanted to know where she went.¡±
The revised law, enforced Dec. 30, bans the installation of antiloss tags to gain information on a target¡¯s location without their permission. This is the first case of law-enforcement authorities taking action against an alleged violation of the revised legislation since its entry into force.
The man is alleged to have acquired information on the woman¡¯s location three times by placing a smart tracker on the underside of the saddle of her bicycle in Kobe without her permission on Jan. 26.
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