IR Corruption Case Rep. Akimoto Receives luxury brand goods from a Chinese company January 21 18:29

IR: A member of the House of Representatives Akimoto received a luxury brand item worth hundreds of thousands of yen that was purchased by a Chinese company on the invitation of a bribery Chinese company in a corruption case involving an integrated resort facility. Was found in interviews with the parties concerned. According to the lawyer, Akimoto acknowledged that he had received the branded product and explained that he "recognized that it was within the social courtesy."

Mr. 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, was invited to a bribery Chinese company three years ago in December 2017, When he visited a casino in Macau, he was arrested again for suspicion of bribery for providing travel expenses worth approximately 1.5 million yen.

According to the people involved, Mr. Akimoto visited a luxury brand store in Macau with executives from a Chinese company during the trip and found that the company had received hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of goods purchased.

According to the lawyer, Akimoto acknowledged that he had received the luxury brand goods and said, "I was originally going to buy it myself, but the company paid me. It was within the social courtesy, not the bribe. Aware. "

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office of Investigation seems to be investigating the details of whether the provision of luxury brand goods is a bribe.

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