Attorney Kawai Kaori's lawyer Bail not accepted Semi-appeal procedure July 15 17:45
A lawyer of his wife, Senri Kawai, who was prosecuted alongside former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai in a large-scale acquisition case over the House of Councilors election last year, was dismissed by the Tokyo District Court's decision not to grant bail, and was accused I took the appeal procedure.
Senator Kawai (46), a member of the House of Councilors, collaborated with his former law minister, Katsuyuki Kawai (57), over the last year's House of Councilors election, which he himself won for the first time. On the 8th of this month, he was charged with the acquisition of a violation of the Public Offices Election Law for giving away 10,000 yen.
After that, former Minister Kawai and lawyer of Representative Satoshi requested bail, and the Tokyo District Court listened to both the defense side and the prosecution to consider whether there was a risk of escape or destruction of evidence, On the 15th, I decided not to allow bail for the two.
Satoshi Lawyer's lawyer dissatisfied with this decision and filed a quasi-appeal procedure in court on the afternoon of the 15th.
In response, the court will decide whether to approve the bail of Representative Satoshi or to decide again.
Mr. Kawai's trial is supposed to be conducted in a "100-day trial", which is quickly tried aiming at a decision within 100 days from the indictment, and according to the people concerned, Mr. Kawai and Representative Kaori will Is also denying the indicted content.