At the trial of former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai, who was accused of violating the Public Offices Election Act, a witness was questioned by a member of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly who was close to Senator Anri. I thought it was a donation that I had received many times, "he said, testifying that it was not an acquisition.
Former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai (57) has been acquitted of the acquisition of a violation of the Public Offices Election Act over the first election of his wife, Anri Kawai (47), in the Upper House election.
At the trial on the 8th, the Hiroshima District Court and the Tokyo District Court were connected by audio and video, and a witness question was held by Representative Noriko Watanabe of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly.
Mr. Watanabe has a history of becoming a member of the prefectural assembly after being consulted by Mr. Anri, and said, "I have been asked by Mr. Anri to say'my sister'."
After visiting a company in Hiroshima City with former Minister Katsuyuki in May, he testified that he had received 100,000 yen from the former minister in the car, and it is said that he was given 200,000 yen according to the prosecution's indictment. Was denied as "I remember it as 100,000 yen".
He added, "I was told by the former minister,'It's okay, it's okay, because it's usual,' and I thought it was a donation I received twice a year, so I was convinced that I received it," he testified that it would not be an acquisition.
Mr. Watanabe continued to testify inconsistent with what the prosecutor was trying to prove, and even when the prosecutor asked, "Are you denying the former minister and Senator Anri in favor?" ..