Komeito lawmaker's office search related to the Money Lending Business Act violation case

The Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office said on the 4th that the secretaries of two members of the House of Representatives of the Komeito Party were suspected of being involved in the case of illegally mediating a loan from a financial institution. We found out by interviewing the people concerned that we searched the office of the First Members' Office Building.

The people who were searched for were the offices of members of the House of Representatives Nobuhiro Yoshida and Masataka Ota, both of whom are from the Komeito Party, in the First Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives in Nagata-cho, Tokyo.

According to the people concerned, there was a case of violation of the Money Lending Business Act, which allegedly mediated a loan from a government-affiliated financial institution without registration, and it is suspected that the secretaries of two lawmakers were also involved in this case.

The Special Investigation Department also searched for a consultant company in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, which is represented by Kiyohiko Toyama, a former member of the House of Representatives of the Komeito Party.

The Special Investigation Department is expected to analyze the materials seized in the search to clarify the actual situation of the loan and the secretaries' involvement in the case.

Komeito Secretary-General Ishii "Fully cooperates with the investigation"

At the Komeito, Secretary-general Ishii and two members of the House of Representatives who were searched for the office each announced their comments.

Secretary-general Ishii said, "We will take it seriously as a party, confirm the situation, and cooperate fully with the investigation."

Representative Yoshida said, "I apologize for causing trouble and concern to the people. A search was conducted on the alleged fact of a certain person, but" a certain person "is not me or my secretary. I and my secretary will fully cooperate to clarify the whole case. "

Mr. Ota said, "I am not involved at all, but I sincerely apologize for causing concern to the party members and supporters. I would like to continue to cooperate fully with the investigation."

Former Senator Toyama told NHK that "the company and my home were searched as related parties on suspicion of violating the Money Lending Business Act of an acquaintance. I would like to cooperate in the investigation."