A lawmaker belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party faction of the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly worked on a prefectural official to issue a subsidy related to the Fukushima Prefecture Offshore Earthquake in February last year to a contractor, and received 500,000 yen in cash from the contractor as a reward. He was arrested by the police on suspicion of violating the law.
The person arrested is Kazuhiro Nita (72), who is currently in his eighth term and belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party's "Liberal Democratic Party/Prefectural Citizens' Conference" in the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly.
According to the police, Rep. Nita was in charge of examining whether a "group subsidy" to support small and medium-sized enterprises affected by the Fukushima Prefecture offshore earthquake in February last year would be granted to a seafood processing company in Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture. He is suspected of violating the Act on Punishment of Mediation Gains for working with a prefectural official and receiving 500,000 yen in cash as a reward.
The company's 61-year-old president was also arrested for offering cash.
According to the police, Senator Nita had been urging prefectural officials to "raise the issue at the plenary session." doing.
The police will investigate the details of the materials seized in the search and investigate how the contractor received the request.
Police have not released the identity of the two arrested.
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