In a corruption case indicted by a former director of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for having his son passed illegally by Tokyo Medical University, the prosecution said to the former director who was acquitted that he was "damaging a fair entrance examination. It's worse than receiving cash, "and he was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
Defendant Tadashi Sano (62), a former director of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, had his son illegally pass three years ago in return for the convenience of Tokyo Medical University in selecting a project to support private universities. As a result, he is accused of consignment bribery.
In addition, former president of Tokyo Medical University, Masahiko Usui (80) and former president, Satoshi Suzuki (72), are guilty of bribery, and former officer of a medical consulting company, Koji Taniguchi (50), assists in bribery. Have been accused of.
At a trial held at the Tokyo District Court on the 27th, the prosecutor's office claimed that "the former director was aware that he was giving advice on business selection, and that he was trying to accommodate him." Did.
On top of that, he said, "The act of adding points arbitrarily will hurt the fair entrance examination and give a feeling of unfairness. It is worse than the bribery case of receiving a large amount of cash." For 6 months, former officer Taniguchi was sentenced to 2 years in prison, and former President Usui and former President Suzuki were sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison and 1 year in prison, respectively.
In previous trials, the former director said, "I have never abused my authority to pass my son," and all four have been acquitted.