Former Minister of Justice Kawai Asking not to issue cash receipt

Former Minister of Justice Kawai asks not to issue cash delivery receipt Illegal recognition or June 19 11:51

In the case of last year's House of Councilors election, where former Minister of Justice Kawai and his wife, Representative Katori, were arrested, former Minister Kawai demanded not to issue receipts to some local parliamentarians who gave them cash. I learned from interviews with related parties. The prosecutor's office is suspecting that former Minister Kawai was distributing cash while recognizing the illegality, and is promoting the elucidation of the reality of a large-scale acquisition.

Former former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai (57) and his wife, House Member of the House of Representatives Susato Sato (46), asked local legislators to organize their votes over the House of Councilors election in July last year, and paid cash as compensation. He was arrested on the 18th for alleged acquisition of a violation of the Public Offices Election Law.

Since the morning of the 19th, the prosecutor's office has been searching the home and office of Mr. and Mrs. Kawai in Hiroshima city, and it is suspected that 94 people including local lawmakers and executives of the supporters group have distributed about 25.7 million yen, so the investigation is conducted. We are.

According to the people involved, former Minister Kawai was distributing cash to many local lawmakers as "a sympathy for the camp" and "celebration of winning" before and after the unified local election held in April last year. It was newly found that the Minister had asked some members of the parliament who requested "I want to issue a receipt" not to issue it.

Former Minister Kawai had not received receipts from most cash recipients, so the prosecutor's office suspected that he was distributing cash while recognizing the illegality, and the reality of the large-scale acquisition case. We are working on elucidation.

According to the people involved, former Minister Kawai and Representative Kaori have denied the charges, saying that they have not done anything wrong.