Investigators say that the chief and the contractor arrested in a corruption case involving a contract for goods at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo are believed to have met at the latest five years before the chief was working at another hospital. I found out in the interview.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that there is a suspicion that he was receiving entertainment before he was assigned to his current workplace.
Shoichiro Kasai, 39, the chief of the General Affairs Division of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, was arrested on suspicion of bribery in return for the convenience of contracting goods such as personal computers and desks. He was arrested on suspicion of bribery for receiving bribes worth about 3.8 million yen, including cash and travel entertainment, from Takayuki Matsumaru (43), the president of the sales company Komatsu Denki.
The chief was originally a member of the National Hospital Organization and was seconded to his current workplace in 2019, but the two met at the latest five years ago when he was working at a hospital in Chiba City operated by the chief. It was found by interviewing the investigators that it seems to have been done.
The chief was also in charge of contract-related affairs at a hospital in Chiba City.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that there is a suspicion that he was receiving entertainment before he was assigned to his current workplace.
The approval or disapproval of the two is not disclosed.
Arrested and prosecuted for another corruption case by the company president on suspicion of bribery
The president of Komatsu Denki, an electrical product sales company in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, who was arrested with the chief, was arrested last month on suspicion of bribery for entertaining a trip to a former section chief of a hospital in Chiba Prefecture operated by the National Hospital Organization. Was subsequently charged.
In addition to the former section chief of the National Hospital Organization, in March, 28 staff members of the hospital to which they belong received disciplinary dismissal and suspension of work because they received entertainment from Komatsu Electric and leaked information on transactions of other companies. Has been punished.
According to the organization, Komatsu Denki was involved in eating and drinking, entertaining travel, creating fictitious invoices at the request of staff, and helping with moving work.
The Metropolitan Police Department believes that the aim was to deepen relationships with many staff members from a young age and increase orders by repeating such entertainment.
The chief who was arrested this time also belonged to the National Hospital Organization, and after moving from the "Chiba Medical Center" in Chiba City operated by the Organization to the "Nishi Niigata Central Hospital" in Niigata City in April 2017. , I was seconded to my current workplace in April 2019.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the situation, assuming that the contractor met the chief of the department while contacting the staff of the organization.