In response to the arrest of the former director of the Nagoya Port Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for leaking bidding information in a government-manufactured bid-rigging case involving reclamation work off the coast of Chubu Airport in Aichi Prefecture, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito is an outside expert. He set up a third-party committee consisting of three members and indicated his intention to proceed with the examination of measures to prevent recurrence.
The former director of the Nagoya Port Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Chubu Regional Development Bureau, was accused of violating the government-manufactured bid-rigging prevention law for leaking information on bidding for stone materials to be used for the construction of revetments associated with reclamation work off the coast of Chubu Airport two years ago. Arrested.
Regarding this, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, ``It is very regrettable that the former employee was arrested. ' said.
After that, he instructed the Chubu Regional Development Bureau to set up a third-party committee consisting of outside experts, and indicated his intention to grasp the facts, investigate the cause, and consider measures to prevent recurrence.