Suspicion of bribery over hometown tax payment Manager re-arrested managers, Nahari-cho, Kochi, March 13 23:38
Police were re-arrested by the police on the suspicion of bribery on the grounds that a section manager in Nahari-cho, Kochi Prefecture, responsible for home payment, had received a bribe of approximately 1.8 million yen in cash in return for the convenience of a company that would accept return goods.
Re-arrested for alleged bribery were Katsuhiro Morioka, Chief of the Regional Revitalization Division (45), and Yuta Kashiwagi, 41, Assistant Deputy Chief of the Division, in Nahari Town, Kochi Prefecture. Mitsumura Matsumura, 30, president of the fishery company, has been re-arrested for alleged bribery.
According to police investigations, Mr. Morioka and Mr. Kashiwagi were alleged to have received a bribe of about 1.8 million yen in cash in return for the convenience of contracting the hometown tax return refund item to President Matsumura's company around June. Have been
The bribe was transferred to an account in the name of the eldest son of Morioka's eldest son from September to February last year, and there is a suspicion that the eldest son was disguised as paying for working at President Matsumura's company.
Morioka and his colleagues were arrested on March 3 for allegedly improperly relocating their eldest son's resident card.
According to the police, corruption is the first in the country to be detected over tax payments related to hometown, and the police are investigating details. Police have not disclosed the approval or disapproval of the three.