It has been accused that it is illegal not to mention the discount by the hotel that was the venue as a donation in the political fund balance report over the social gathering held the night before the "Sakura wo Miru Kai". The Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office has dismissed four people, including former Prime Minister Abe, on the 30th.

Regarding the issue of the social gathering held the night before the "Sakura wo Miru Kai", the former public first secretary who was the representative of the political organization "Shinzo Abe Supporters Association" that hosted the social gathering last December Although he was briefly charged with violating the Political Funds Control Act, which did not state his income and expenditure in the report, Mr. Abe himself has not been charged due to insufficient suspicion.



A university professor said that it was illegal not to mention the discount by the hotel as a donation in the political fund balance report because supporters participated in the social gathering held at a hotel in Tokyo with a membership fee of 5,000 yen. Has newly accused Mr. Abe and the former public first secretary, but the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office has not prosecuted any of them on the 30th.



The prosecution decided that the price of the social gathering was decided by negotiations between the supporters and the hotel, and it could not be said that it was an unreasonable discount, and it was not a donation from the hotel.