The director of the department in charge of guidance for nursery schools in Kyoto City was arrested on suspicion of consignment bribery for receiving a luxury wristwatch after being asked by the director of the nursery school management corporation to facilitate the audit. rice field.
The person arrested was Atsushi Kubo (59), the director of the Kyoto City Children and Youth Hagukumi Bureau, and Kyoko Nakanishi (85), the director of a social welfare corporation that operates a nursery school in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. )is.
According to the police, Director Kubo received a request from President Nakanishi for convenience during the audit of the nursery center conducted by the city, and three years ago, he was entrusted with receiving a luxury wristwatch worth about 450,000 yen. There is a suspicion of bribery.
President Nakanishi is suspected of bribery.
The nursery is not allowed to be closed for no good reason by city regulations, but the nursery has been closed on Saturdays for over a year for personal reasons and may have been missed by a city audit. about it.
Police have not disclosed the approval or disapproval of the two.
Mr. Kubo has been in charge of the approval and guidance of the nursery school for many years, so the police are investigating the details.
Mayor Kadokawa of Kyoto City commented, "We will fully cooperate with the investigation and will take strict measures if the alleged arrest is true. We sincerely apologize for the concern of the citizens." increase.