Saga Mayor of Kanzaki arrested for giving out bidding information for hometown tax donation PR business. Shuji Uchikawa suspected of violating Government Corruption Prevention Act and obstructing bids.
Bids for this work were held from February to March last year using the ``proposal method,'' in which contractors were selected based on a comprehensive evaluation of proposal content and price. It is believed that the representative was given the name of the committee member in charge of the evaluation and the content of other companies' proposals.