The Tokyo District Court said, "Akimoto strongly asked me to ask the bribery side to give false testimony over the indicted corruption case. I was convicted of a suspended sentence.
Defendant Daisuke Matsuura (51), the representative of the consulting company, will testify to a former adviser of a Chinese company on the bribery side in a trial over the corruption case of an IR / integrated resort facility indicted by Tsukasa Akimoto, a member of the House of Representatives. He has been charged with the acquisition of witnesses, etc. for requesting and trying to give him 5 million yen in cash.
He admitted that he had been charged and was sentenced to one year and two months in prison.
Tomohide Murayama, the judge of the Tokyo District Court, pointed out in a ruling that "I played an important role, such as repaying 5 million yen in cash, but I was strongly asked by a close member of the Diet, Akimoto, to take part in it and my involvement is subordinate." , Imprisoned for 1 year and 2 months, and sentenced to 3 years suspended sentence.