In June 2016, the former deputy mayor of Maebashi City and the president of the city government decided to prevent government bid-rigging on the 4th, alleging that the planned price had been leaked in order to get a contractor in the city to win the bid for the water pipe construction ordered by Maebashi City. He was arrested on suspicion of violating the law.
Police have not released the identity of the two.
Former Deputy Mayor Yoshiaki Totsuka (72) of Maebashi City and Tadashi Yamazaki (62), president of Jobu Kogyo Co., Ltd., headquartered in the city, were arrested.
According to the police, the former deputy mayor violated the government-manufactured bid-rigging prevention law by leaking the planned price and letting President Yamazaki's company win the bid for water pipe construction in Kasukawa-cho, Maebashi City, which was ordered by the city in June. and is suspected of obstructing bids.
A total of 10 companies participated in this project through a designated competitive bidding process, and the company of President Yamazaki won the bid at 22.55 million yen including tax, which was close to the planned price, compared to the planned price of 23.05 million yen. It means that
Police have not disclosed the identity of the two men, citing an obstacle to the investigation.
Former deputy mayor Totsuka served as deputy mayor since two years ago, but resigned on the 31st of last month due to "personal reasons".
The police are investigating the details of the incident, assuming that the former deputy mayor met the president when he served as the city's "public enterprise manager" that manages the water supply business.
What is the former deputy mayor of the arrest
Former Deputy Mayor Totsuka, who was arrested, became an employee of Maebashi City in 1973, and retired in 2011 after serving as the director of the city's commerce and industry department and the management director of the board of education.
After that, he served as the city's public enterprise manager overseeing the city's water supply bureau for six years from 2012, and was appointed deputy mayor two years ago.
At Maebashi City Hall, the assistant manager at the time was also arrested last year on suspicion of violating the government-made bid-rigging prevention law, and was later found guilty, and the former deputy mayor served as chairman of the investigation committee on the incident.
The former deputy mayor resigned last month due to personal reasons.
Mayor Maebashi "Apologize from the bottom of my heart"
In response to the arrest of the former deputy mayor of Maebashi City, Mayor Ryu Yamamoto of Maebashi City held a press conference on the evening of the 4th and said, "I am very surprised. I apologize from the bottom of my heart for causing great anxiety to the citizens."
After that, he said, ``I heard that he was ill due to personal reasons,'' regarding how the former deputy mayor resigned at the end of last month, and indicated that the city would investigate the facts of this incident in the future.