IR Corruption Case Former Chinese corporate adviser subdivided cash and brought in January 15 at 17:26
IR = 15 million yen in cash allegedly brought into the country the day before a bribe was given to Representative Akimoto in a corruption case involving an integrated resort facility was given by three former advisers of a bribery Chinese company In an interview with the people concerned, it was found that they had been brought in from Hong Kong by multiple aircraft. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Investigation Division is investigating that a large amount of cash brought in was not discovered at customs.
Tsukasa Akimoto, 48, a member of the House of Representatives who was a deputy minister of the Cabinet Office in charge of IR and other matters, said that he received a bribe of 3 million yen in cash from a Chinese company on the dissolution of the House of Representatives in September 2017. He was prosecuted for bribery on March 14, and was re-arrested for receiving a bribe worth 3.5 million yen including a lecture fee for a symposium held in Naha.
Former Chinese company adviser Masahiko Konno, 48, who was re-arrested for alleged bribery, was accused of illegally bringing in 15 million yen in cash the day before giving a 3 million yen bribe. However, a former adviser, Konno and two acquaintances divided the cash into three parts, and it was newly found by interviews with related parties that they had carried them from Hong Kong to Narita Airport and Kansai Airport by multiple aircraft.
It is suspected that the cash was provided by a bribery Chinese company and that it was difficult to determine the source of the funds through accounts of several companies such as Hong Kong before bringing it to Japan.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office of Investigation seems to have investigated the details of the process, considering that large amounts of cash brought in for the purpose of political affairs for IR entry were not discovered at customs.
According to lawyers, Akimoto has completely denied the charges.