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TOKYO, JAPAN - A JAPANESE plumber was arrested for calling a toll-free number around 500 times so he could hear a taped female voice, police said on Monday.
Hiroyuki Nomoto, a 38-year-old Tokyo resident, was arrested on suspicion of obstructing the business of the company, a food firm based in the city of Takasaki north of the capital.
'The company has the number for 24-hour order-taking with a female voice.
He said he wanted to hear a woman's voice,' a police spokesman said.
'The company paid the call charges, which amounted to 3.8 million yen (S$50,180) for the call time of 3,100 hours,' the official said.
Obsession with female voices is not new for Japanese police.
A 37-year-old man was arrested in January after placing at least 2,600 calls to directory help over several months.
Telephone operators - who in Japan are almost always women - reportedly nicknamed him the 'don't-hang-up-man.' -- AFP
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