Kawai's election violation case Suspected of offering 16.8 million yen to 38 parliamentarians 2 June 18:33

In an election violation case in which former Minister of Justice and his wife, Satoshi House of Representatives, were arrested, the details of 94 cash recipients who were suspected of being arrested were revealed in an interview. In addition to the two chiefs, the 94 members include 38 local members of the Hiroshima prefectural assembly and nine municipalities in the prefecture, and there is a suspicion that the total cash provided to the heads and members will be 16.8 million yen. That is. The prosecutor's office is working on clarifying the facts that Mr. and Mrs. Kawai were conducting large-scale acquisition work in a wide area in Hiroshima prefecture.

Former former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai (57) and his wife, wife of the House of Councilors Susato Sato (46), asked local lawmakers to organize their votes over the House of Councilors election in July last year, and distributed cash as compensation. He was arrested on suspicion of acquisition for violating the Public Offices Election Law, and the prosecutor's office is suspecting that a total of about 25.7 million yen was distributed to 94 people, and the investigation is proceeding.

Interviews with related parties revealed the details of these 94 people, and found that there was a suspicion that a total of 16.8 million yen was provided to 40 people, including the head of Hiroshima prefecture and local councilors.

Of the 40 people, the chief at the time of cash donation acknowledged that he received 1.5 million yen on the 25th and expressed his resignation with Yoshinori Tenman of Mihara City and confirmed that he received 200,000 yen in cash in April. They are former Mayor Shinji Kosaka of Akiota town who resigned to.

In addition, local council members, including the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly and nine municipalities from the west to the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture, have a total of 38 members. Also included.

The breakdown is: Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly 14, Hiroshima City Assembly 13, Kure City Assembly 1, Onomichi City Assembly 1, Hatsukaichi City Assembly 2, Etajima City Assembly 1, Akitakata City Assembly 3, Kitahiroshima Town Assembly 1, Akiota Town Assembly 1 , Fuchu Town Council is one.

The largest amount of money was from the 12-year-old veteran of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly, veteran Shinya Okuhara, who paid 2 million yen, and the average of 14 prefectural members was about 500,000 yen.

The average amount of cash provided to the 13 members of the Hiroshima City Assembly is about 450,000 yen, and the average amount for the members of other local governments is 200,000 yen.The amount is set in consideration of the number of winnings and the influence on the region. It seems to be.

The other 54 people are supporters' executives and office personnel, and the total amount of cash suspected of being provided is about 8.9 million yen.

The prosecution's authorities are trying to clarify the reality that the couple were doing a large-scale acquisition operation in a wide area in Hiroshima prefecture in order to win the election of Representative Satoshi in the election war with a lot of conservative divisions.

According to the people concerned, Mr. and Mrs. Kawai have denied the charges, saying, "This is not the purpose of requesting a summary of votes."