Suspected bribery over commissioned business Arrested city officials Tokyo Musashimurayama City September 26 14:23
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Tokyo Musashimurayama city officials suspected of bribery for suspected bribery for receiving cash of 200,000 yen from a landscaping company in return for leaking information on the planned price over a bid to decide a contractor to care for city street trees I was arrested. The president of a landscaping company in the city was also arrested on suspicion of bribery, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details.
Arrested was Susumu Kano (49), chief of the Road Sewerage Section of Musashimurayama City, Tokyo.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Kanano returns over a bid to decide a contractor to take care of cherry trees along the bicycle path in the city, and leaks information about the planned price and other companies' bid status to a landscaping company in the city. In addition, since last year, there has been a suspicion of bribery for receiving 200,000 yen in cash from this supplier.
In addition, the president of garden garden company “Niwayoshi” in Musashimurayama City, suspect Tomokatsu Oikawa (41) was also arrested on suspicion of bribery.
The tender that became a problem was held by a nominated competitive bidding in October last year, and 5 contractors in the city participated, and the landscaping company of President Oikawa who bid at the lowest price made a successful bid at 2.3 million yen.
According to the investigation so far, Mr. Kano has held debts, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating detailed circumstances, assuming that he was troubled by money and brought fraud to landscaping companies.