In the case of Yoshitaka Ikeda, a member of the House of Representatives, who was arrested over a political fundraising party organized by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, an investigation by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department revealed that some of Representative Ikeda's secretaries ``under the instruction of the member, used a computer in his office with a screwdriver, etc.'' Through interviews with people involved, we have newly learned that people said things like, ``I broke it with a tool.''
The Special Investigation Department is expected to indict Rep. Ikeda and others on the 26th, the deadline for detention, on charges of making false statements in violation of the Political Funds Control Act.
Yoshitaka Ikeda (57), a member of the House of Representatives who belonged to Abe's pro-Seiwa Policy Research Group and was expelled from the Liberal Democratic Party, conspired with Kazuhiro Kakinuma (45), a policy secretary, for five years until October 2019. On the 7th of this month, he was charged with a violation of the Political Funds Control Act for not recording it as income in the political funds balance report of the fund management organization of which he is the representative, despite receiving a kickback of 48.26 million yen from the Abe faction. He was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department on suspicion of making false statements.
Last month, the Special Investigation Department searched multiple related locations, including Representative Ikeda's office, and was proceeding with the investigation, but in response to the Special Investigation Department's investigation, another secretary of Representative Ikeda said, ``At the direction of the lawmaker, I accessed the computer in the office.'' Through interviews with people involved, we have newly learned that the person said, "I broke it with a tool such as a screwdriver."
According to people involved, there is a suspicion that they tried to destroy evidence at the direction of Rep. Ikeda, so the Special Investigation Department will indict Rep. Ikeda and Secretary Kakinuma on the 26th, the deadline for detention, for making false statements in violation of the Political Funds Control Act. It seems that.
According to sources, both men are keeping silent about the investigation by the Special Investigation Department.