Tokyo Fuchu government rigging case Municipal executives “Uncertain about not proceeding with construction” and explanation
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An executive of the city, who was arrested for leaking information on a bid to a contractor through a city council member over the construction of Fuchu City in Tokyo, said the reason for leaking the information was ``There are many cases where bids are not awarded due to the soaring construction price due to the Tokyo Olympics, I was afraid that things would not go smoothly," said an interview with the city.
Regarding the two construction works ordered by Fuchu City in Tokyo, Masashi Tsukada (56), a counselor of the city's urban development department, was inaugurated last August through Ms. Shigeru Muraki (73) and Katsuhisa Usui (44) who are city council members. I was arrested on suspicion of violating the government's bid rigging prevention law for leaking the minimum construction price to the contractor.
Five people, including city council and traders, are suspected of blocking bids.
Counselor Tsukada explained to the city survey that the reason for leaking the information was that "there were many cases where the construction price of the Tokyo Olympic Games soared to not make a successful bid within the planned price. We were afraid that the construction would not proceed smoothly." I learned from the interview with the city.
Of the two construction projects at issue, the road construction used in the road races of the Tokyo Olympics was bid for at the same price as the minimum limit price.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating how Counselor Tsukada and city council members deepened their relationship.