Okinawa cops assure thorough probe of OFW's rape case vs US soldier

MANILA, Philippines - The father of the Filipina allegedly raped by a US serviceman in Okinawa last month appealed for public understanding and every one not to prejudge his daughter.

This came after it was revealed that “Hazel"(the alias the victim’s father gave his eldest daughter) apparently went out with the American soldier in the wee hours before the sexual assault happened.

GMA News reporter Lei Alviz quoted Japanese police reports stating that the Filipina was invited to eat out by a 20-something US serviceman at around 2 a.m. of February 18, the day the alleged rape incident took place in a hotel.

“Only when my daughter went to the comfort room did she feel that her pants were soaked in blood," the victim’s father told GMA News in Filipino.

The report said that a worried members of the hotel staff took her to the hospital when they saw her bleeding profusely.

GMA News quoted Japanese police as saying that Hazel was confined in a hospital for a week after the incident.

The 21-year-old first-time overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was said to have been raped just three days after departing from Manila to Okinawa on February 15.

Hazel positively identified the suspect in a police line up, the report added, citing police accounts. The US serviceman has denied the allegations and maintained that the Filipina consented to have sex with him.

The victim reiterated her intent to file charges against the US serviceman.

Meanwhile, QTV 11’s News on Q reported that Hazel’s father went to the Okinawa police station on Monday with Philippine embassy and consulate officials and was assured by Japanese authorities that they will carefully look into the case.

Trauma

The GMA News report also mentioned that a reliable source claimed that the Filipina victim suffers from “rape victim syndrome."

Quoting the unnamed source, GMA News reported that Hazel had difficulty sleeping and was always afraid during the first week of her stay in the center for abused women where she currently resides.

Based on a GMANews.TV research, Rape Trauma Syndrome (not rape victim syndrome), is an anxiety disorder similar to post-traumatic stress disorder where the victim experiences persistent flashback of the trauma, feeling of detachment, and increased irritability and outburst of anger.

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