US military imposes tight restrictions on personnel in Okinawa
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The US military imposed tight restrictions on all personnel in Okinawa on Wednesday, limiting troops to bases, places of work or off-base housing amid a furor over the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of rape.
The restriction, which tightens a midnight curfew for enlisted military on the southern Japanese island, started early Wednesday and was indefinite, the US Forces Japan said in a statement.
The arrest last week of 38-year-old Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott in the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa has sparked outrage in Japan, which hosts some 50,000 US troops under a security treaty.
Hadnott admitted to investigators that he forced the girl down and kissed her, but said he did not rape her, police said.
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