Former indictment of former mayor and second daughter on charges of violation of the Political Fund Regulation Act 堺 November 21 13:37

Osaka ’s Sakai City Mayor Takeyama ’s supporters ’association, etc. did not include a large amount of income and expenses in the report, and the prosecutor ’s office was on May 21 with Mayor Takeyama and the second daughter who was in charge of accounting. A person has been indicted prosecutively for violating the Political Funds Control Law.

The indictment was made by the former mayor of Sakai City, defendant Osamu Takeyama and her second daughter Rie.

This issue is that the support of the Mayor Takeyama Osamu in Sakai City and the funds management group, etc., did not include a balance of over 230 million yen in the political fund balance report. I resigned taking responsibility in April.

The Osaka Public Prosecutor's Office received a charge from the public, and in September, it started a forced investigation on suspicion of violating the Political Funds Control Law, and investigated the circumstances of opaque accounting processing, such as searching for homes and offices. .

And on the 21st, I called the second daughter who was in charge of accounting with Mayor Takeyama. About 7:30 am, they left their home in Sakai City by car and entered the prosecution office in Fukushima-ku, Osaka.

When leaving home, Mayor Takeyama did not answer the reporter's question.

The Prosecutor's Office prosecuted a summary of charges for violation of the Political Funds Control Law, which was described in the 2017 balance sheet report of the supporters' association, because they allowed false description.

In response, the court issued a summary order with a fine of 1 million yen for each of them.

Mayor Takeyama explained that he had left all the accounting to his second daughter so far and argued that he was not involved in false statements.