In the case where former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Takamori Yoshikawa was suspected of receiving 5 million yen in cash from a former representative of a major chicken egg production company, the party ticket of the political organization of former Minister Yoshikawa actually purchased by the company, about 3 million yen According to an interview with the people concerned, there was a suspicion that the minute was purchased in the name of multiple employees and was not included in the political fund balance report.
Purchasing under the name of another person is prohibited by law, and it is believed that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and others are investigating on suspicion of bribery and violation of the Political Funds Control Act.
Regarding former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Takamori Yoshikawa, who was a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, there is a suspicion that he received 5 million yen in cash from the former representative of the major chicken egg production company "Akita Foods" headquartered in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. On the 25th, the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office and the Hiroshima District Prosecutor's Office searched the House of Representatives of former Minister Yoshikawa and the office of Sapporo City on suspicion of bribery.
Former Minister Yoshikawa's political organization held a party ticket for about 3 million yen last year in connection with this incident, even though it was actually purchased with company funds, Interviews with the people concerned revealed that there was a suspicion that they were pretending to have purchased under the name.
The Political Funds Control Law prohibits purchases in excess of 1.5 million yen or in the name of another person at one political fund party, and for groups and individuals who have purchased party tickets in excess of 200,000 yen, the name and amount of money, etc. Is required to be stated in the income and expenditure report.
There is no statement in the income and expenditure report of former Minister Yoshikawa's political organization that Akita Foods and employees purchased party tickets, and it is suspected that they pretended to purchase less than 200,000 yen per person, which is not stated in the report. ..
In addition, according to the people concerned, it is suspected that the disguise of the purchase name of the party ticket by Akita Foods was also done at the political fund party of former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai.
There is a suspicion that a camouflage work was being carried out to hide the connection between the company and former Minister Yoshikawa, and it is believed that the Special Investigation Department and others are proceeding with the investigation on suspicion of bribery and violation of the Political Funds Control Act.