Former Prime Minister Abe's supporters' association was accused of violating the Political Funds Control Law when a major beverage company provided free alcoholic beverages at a social gathering the day before the "Cherry Blossom Viewing Party." The special investigation department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has not prosecuted any of the accused cases.
Regarding the social gathering on the day before the "Cherry Blossom Viewing Party" hosted by former Prime Minister Abe's supporters' association, Suntory Holdings, a major beverage manufacturer, will provide free beer worth about 150,000 yen every year for three years until 2019. It became clear that it was offered in
Regarding this, civic groups and others this June accused five executives of the supporters' association at the time, saying that there was a suspicion that the lack of donations in the income and expenditure reports of the supporters' associations violated the Political Funds Control Act. I submitted the letter to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.
As a result of the investigation, the Special Investigation Department decided not to indict all of them, saying, ``We could not rule out the possibility that the provision of alcoholic beverages was for the purpose of advertising, and there was not enough evidence to admit that it was a donation.''
Regarding the social gathering on the night before the "Cherry Blossom Viewing Party", the Tokyo Prosecutor's Examination Board accused Mr. Abe of misrepresenting the contents of the income and expenditure report when he corrected it. It was unfair not to prosecute the person," and the Special Investigation Department was re-investigating, but on the 16th, it was decided not to prosecute again.