NAHA -- An Okinawa Prefectural Government youth worker arrested for indecent exposure earlier this month has been slapped with a fresh charge over the failed sex attack on a schoolgirl almost two years ago, police said.

Kyoji Kishimoto, 37, the prefectural government official from Naha, was charged with attempted indecent assault in connection with a June 2006 incident, in which he allegedly tried to sexually assault a schoolgirl in Naha.

Kishimoto admits to the allegations.

Kishimoto was first arrested May 10 for indecent exposure for allegedly flashing his private parts in front of a Naha department store. He denies the allegations in this case.

"I was only relieving myself," he said.

Police said the new charge against Kishimoto stems from an attack on June 30, 2006. Police said Kishimoto flashed at a schoolgirl, then grabbed her arms and tried to perform indecent acts on her. The girl screamed for help and ran away.

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