Moritomo Gakuen Subsidy Fraud Case Begins August 28, 19:14 on the Defendant Question of President Konoike
For the first time in a trial of a subsidy fraud case involving Moritomo Gakuen, the defendant's question was asked, and President Konoike reiterated innocence about the crime of cheating the national subsidy, but otherwise it was `` safe ”And so on.
Former President of Moritomo Gakuen, Yasunori Tsujiike (66) and wife Yasuko (62) are subsidies of 170,000,000 from the national government, Osaka Prefecture, and Osaka City for the construction of elementary schools and the operation of kindergartens. You have been charged with fraud and other crimes for fraud.
The Osaka District Court asked questions of the defendant for the first time on the 28th, and Mr. Tsujiike first explained the process of establishing an elementary school.
After this, when the lawyer asked about the fact that the construction project costs were inflated and the country's subsidies were fooled, he again innocently insisted that he had no awareness of the details.
On the other hand, regarding the subsidies of Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City, he said, “I don't divert privately to teachers' training expenses, etc.” I admit fraud.
In the case of falsification of official documents surrounding Moritomo Gakuen and the sale of state-owned land, the Osaka Prosecutor's Special Investigation Department was conducting a re-investigation following the decision of the Prosecution Examination Committee's “No Prosecution”, but this month it was not prosecuted again And the investigation is over.
Former President Konoike “I'm not telling a lie”
After the hearing on the 28th, Mr. Konoike, the former president, said to the media reporter, “I have been able to respond to you.” Then, “I was born in the book of the day and I was born in the rain of joyful autumn”, and the meaning was “I'm glad that I was born in Japan. "I mean talking, not telling a lie," he explained and left the court.