An otter in handcuffs as he attempts to look up a schoolgirl’s skirt has been selected as the winning entry in an annual competition to create a badge designed to deter “chikan” perverts – the gropers who plague Japan’s public transport system.
But while the message behind the campaign by the General Molester Prevention Activity Centre is undoubtedly a serious one, the use of a cuddly, grinning otter has raised some eyebrows.
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