Updated at: 1200 PST, Thursday, April 09, 2009
TOKYO: Police arrested a man for throwing hot coffee on American Consul General Kevin Maher in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture.
According to police, Maher had gone to a coffee shop near the American Consulate, when a 43-year-old man who had just purchased hot coffee suddenly threw the beverage at him, yelling Get out of Okinawa. The suspect forcefully pushed the consul general in the chest.
Maher held the man until police arrived, and the suspect was charged with assault. Maher was unharmed in the incident, police
TOKYO: Police arrested a man for throwing hot coffee on American Consul General Kevin Maher in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture.
According to police, Maher had gone to a coffee shop near the American Consulate, when a 43-year-old man who had just purchased hot coffee suddenly threw the beverage at him, yelling Get out of Okinawa. The suspect forcefully pushed the consul general in the chest.
Maher held the man until police arrived, and the suspect was charged with assault. Maher was unharmed in the incident, police
