Police said that the mayor before being arrested and prosecuted leaked bid information to the contractor in return for another construction work in a government-manufactured negotiation case over the submarine water supply pipe business in Taketomi Town, Okinawa Prefecture. He was re-arrested on suspicion of weighted bribery.
The person who was re-arrested was Takashun Nishidai, the former mayor of Taketomi Town.
According to the police, in May 2017, five years before his current position, the former mayor leaked the minimum undisclosed price to the contractor in advance in a bid for the construction of a submarine water pipe connecting remote islands, and the following year 3 There is a suspicion of weighted bribery for receiving a bribe of 10 million yen in cash in return for the month.
In addition, five people, including employees of a major plant maker and subcontractors, were re-arrested on suspicion of violating the Public Relations Prevention Law, alleging that they had bid based on information from the former mayor.
It means that the statute of limitations has already been established for allegations of bribery on the part of the trader.
In the bid, the plant maker made a successful bid for about 894 million yen, which is the same as the minimum limit price, so the police are investigating the details.
The former mayor has been charged with leaking information in advance in a bid for the submarine water pipe business.
Police have not disclosed the approval or disapproval of the former mayors.
The former mayor submitted a resignation request to the parliament and resigned on the 4th.