Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is considering expanding the scope of interviews to include Tokyo officials seconded to the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in a bid-rigging case related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics test competitions. clarified the idea of advancing
The Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and the Japan Fair Trade Commission have imposed an anti-monopoly agreement on suspicion of collusion between vendors regarding bidding for work related to test competitions ordered by the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. An investigation is underway on suspicion of violating the law, and the city is also investigating whether there were any problems with the contract procedure by interviewing officials of the city who were seconded to the organizing committee.
Regarding this, Governor Koike said at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on the 7th, ``With the cooperation of the liquidation corporation of the Organizing Committee, we are checking related documents and interviewing staff dispatched to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. We will also consider interviews, ”he said, revealing his intention to proceed with the investigation by considering expanding the scope of interviews to people other than Tokyo officials.
The city plans to publish an interim summary of the survey results by the end of this month.