The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department has decided that the section chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications at the time was not prosecuted after being accused of bribery in connection with the issue of executives receiving entertainment from a satellite broadcasting company. As a result of the re-investigation, we decided not to indict again on the 12th.
In the incident in which executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications received entertainment from satellite broadcasting affiliate Tohokushinsha in violation of the code of ethics for national public servants, a civic group accused 12 executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Tohokushinsha on suspicion of bribery. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has filed a criminal complaint claiming that there is, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office decided not to indict all of them in March this year.
In response to this, the Tokyo First Public Prosecutor's Examination Board said last month that the section manager who was in charge of satellite broadcasting-related approvals among the 12 people "cannot deny the possibility that he was trying to make things convenient for Tohokushinsha." It was decided that ``non-prosecution is unreasonable,'' and for the other 11 people, ``non-prosecution is appropriate.''
In response to this, the Special Investigation Department re-investigated the section manager at the time, and on the 12th decided not to indict him again due to insufficient suspicion, saying, ``There is not enough evidence to admit the crime.''
As a result, the series of investigations into the hospitality issue surrounding the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will effectively come to an end.