IR Corruption Case Macau Travel Expenses and Other Bribes to Rep. Akimoto Are More Than 7 Million Yen or 18:22 on January 11
A bribe-side Chinese company paid a hundred-hundreds of thousands of yen in travel expenses from a member of the House of Representatives Akimoto (48) who was arrested in a case involving corruption over an IR and integrated resort facility three years ago when he visited Macau and other places by private jet. The interviews with the parties concerned revealed that he had been charged. Mr. Akimoto has also received 2 million yen as a lecture fee from a Chinese company, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Special Investigation Division is conducting an investigation considering that the total amount of bribes to Representative Akimoto may exceed 7 million yen It seems to be something.
Mr. Tsukasa Akimoto, a member of the House of Representatives who was a deputy minister of the Cabinet Office in charge of IR, etc., paid 3 million yen in cash in September 2017 three years ago from the 500 dot com side of a Chinese company aiming for IR participation. Suspicion of bribery is suspected as having received a bribe.
According to officials, Rep. Akimoto visited the headquarters in Shenzhen, China and casino facilities in Macau in December 2017, three months later, on a private jet prepared by a bribery Chinese company. According to an interview with related parties, it was suspected that a Chinese company was responsible for the travel expenses of over 100,000 yen at this time.
Mr. Akimoto's supporter's political fund balance report states that a former adviser of a Chinese company spent 2.56 million yen on travel expenses to a related Hong Kong company, but it is suspected that he did not actually pay about it.
Mr. Akimoto has been paid 2 million yen since the inauguration of the Deputy Minister as a speaker at a symposium hosted by a Chinese company in Naha City in August 2017. It is considered that the total amount of bribes is more than 7 million yen, and it is considered that the investigation is proceeding.
According to the lawyer, Akimoto has denied the charges altogether and explained that the travel expenses were "thought to be handled by a secretary."