IR Corruption Donation to Two Liberal Democrats "Chinese Companies Fund" Statement

IR Corruption Case Donation to Two Liberal Democrats Rep. “Funds of Chinese Companies” Statement Feb. 4:09 5:09

IR = Corruption over integrated resort facilities last month, the president of Kamori Tourism, who was charged with bribery at home last month, reportedly donated 3 million yen to two members of the Liberal Democratic Party's lower house. Was funded by a Chinese company. " Among them, one member of the Diet commented on the 3rd, "There is no legal problem, but we will refund the donation from a moral standpoint."

A former adviser of a Chinese company, 500.com, was charged with bribery on March 3 in an IR corruption case. In addition to the defendant (48), it is clear that he has stated that he has "funded five members of the House of Representatives one million yen each."

Of the five members, LDP Toshimi Funabashi and Hiroyuki Nakamura were accused of bribery at home as a complicity with a Chinese company last month, and were charged with bribery at home last month. ) Has received donations of 1 million yen and 2 million yen, respectively.

According to an interview with the parties concerned, Mr. Kamori stated in a statement by the Special Investigation Division that these two donations had stated that "the 3 million yen received by the two was funded by a Chinese company."

On this issue, Mr. Funabashi issued a comment on Tuesday, stating, "There is no legal problem but we will refund the donation from a moral standpoint."

Mr. Nakamura said on Tuesday that he had consulted with lawyers on whether to refund the money after saying, "There is nothing wrong with the law, with the recognition that Kamori will provide funding," is.

Mr. Nakamura explained that 1 million yen of the donation from the Kamori tourism side was donated to the Liberal Democratic Party branch of Mr. Takeshi Iwaya of the Liberal Democratic Party in the previous Minister of Defense, but Mr. Iwaya said on March 3 that "it was a legal matter at all. "I decided to donate the same amount to Mr. Nakamura's LDP branch in order to avoid misunderstanding."