Representative Akimoto travels on a private jet prepared by a Chinese company December 26, 18:37
IR = Corruption over integrated resort facility, arrested by member of the House of Representatives Akimoto when he visited the corporate headquarters of a bribery Chinese company in December and traveled on a private jet prepared by the company I learned from interviewing the people. The visit was accompanied by an advisor from a arrested Chinese company, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Special Investigation Division is working to elucidate the adhesions surrounding the entry into IR.
Mr. Akimoto, 48, a member of the House of Representatives who left the Liberal Democratic Party, said he had been serving as a deputy minister of the Cabinet Office and others in charge of IR = integrated resort facilities, and a Chinese company that was aiming to enter IR in September. On the 25th, he was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Division on March 25 for receiving bribes such as cash of 3 million yen from "500 dot com" side.
At the end of December, Mr. Akimoto visited the "500 dot com" headquarters in Shenzhen, China, at the end of December, and met with the top management. At this time, he used a private jet plane prepared by the company to provide Haneda An interview with the people concerned revealed that he had moved from the airport.
According to stakeholders, at the head office, the company screened the company's PR video and stated his willingness to participate in IR, such as "I want to make a casino in Japan", and Representative Akimoto responded, "Please do your best" is.
After that, Rep. Akimoto and his colleagues moved to Macau and inspected the VIP room of the casino facility, which meant that they were traveling by luxury luxury car in Macau.
The visit included a Chinese corporate adviser Masahiko Konno (48) arrested for alleged bribery, a former director of a Japanese corporation, Cheng Nozomi (37), a member of the Liberal Democratic Party Takaki Shirasuka and Hideaki Katsunuma. It means that the members of the lower house were also accompanied.
The political funding report of the supporter of Akimoto's supporter stated that on December 26, he spent a total of 2.56 million yen on travel expenses to a Hong Kong company to which Adviser Konno was involved.
Mr. Akimoto told NHK on Friday that he said, "I visited a Chinese company I met at a symposium just after visiting the IT companies in Shenzhen, and spent only tens of thousands of dollars at my casino. It is true that he used an airplane owned by a Chinese company, but he paid for it as invoiced and stated in the income and expenditure report. He paid for the travel expenses of the other two lawmakers. " Has never received any petition or expediency, and has never received any money. "
On the other hand, according to officials, according to the investigation of the Special Investigation Division, Konno and others stated that they "put cash in paper bags and handed them directly to Representative Akimoto."
The Special Investigation Division is working to elucidate the actual situation of adhesions related to IR entry.
* Shenzhen = (Saturated river)
Photo of private jet on SNS
A photo of a private jet was posted on Facebook of Masahiko Konno on last year's day.
The post mentions New Year's greetings such as "Happy New Year!" And "Return to Japan on a private jet at dusk and pay angry rush".
Prices for private jets
According to multiple companies in Tokyo, when chartering small jets called `` private jets '' or `` business jets '' to and from Japan and Hong Kong or Macau, it depends on the size of the aircraft used, etc. It means that it costs about 10,000 to 20 million yen.
In addition, the cost of staying on site for pilots etc. will be added.
It is not a "per person" but a "per aircraft" so it is the same fee for any number of passengers as long as the capacity is within the range, but even if you use only one way it will be the same fee as a round trip because it costs the cost to transfer the aircraft to Japan about it.