Olympic bid-rigging case Former deputy director of the Organizing Committee insists on “a free contract with a friendly business operator”

In a bid-rigging case in which the former deputy director of the Games Organizing Committee and others were arrested on the 8th over bidding for work related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics test competitions, the former deputy director initially said, I learned from interviews with people involved that they had internally insisted that they would like to place an order for the work with a free contract.

The work was ultimately ordered through competitive bidding, but the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office and others are believed to be investigating the circumstances, assuming that the former deputy director was trying to allocate contractors to each competition through fraudulent order coordination.

Yasuo Mori, 55, former deputy director of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, and Koji Hemmi, 55, a former Dentsu executive and managing director of the Sports Business Bureau. On the 8th, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office was sued on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act, alleging that the person had conducted illegal order adjustments for a total of 40 billion yen in business, including test competitions for each sport and the operation of the main tournament. Arrested by the Special Investigation Unit.

Among the suspected subjects, a bid for planning the test tournament was held in 2018, and Dentsu and other companies won the bid for a total of more than 500 million yen. For this reason, we would like to place an order with a company that has a close relationship with the sports organization in the form of a free contract.”

In the Organizing Committee, internal regulations stipulate that if the order amount is 30 million yen or more, the contract method will be reviewed by a meeting consisting of external experts, etc., and finally competitive bidding will be conducted for each competition venue. You have decided to place an order for the work.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department is believed to be investigating the circumstances surrounding the former deputy director's attempt to allocate contractors to each competition venue through fraudulent order coordination.