The mayor of Kanzaki City, Saga Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of violating the Government Collusion Prevention Act for allegedly providing information about the city's consulting company in advance regarding a contract to promote the city's hometown tax donation program. Ta.
A total of four people were arrested, including Shuji Uchikawa (71), the mayor of Kanzaki City, and Yumiko Shima (62), representative director of Blue Flag, a consulting company in the city.
According to a police investigation, Mayor Uchikawa was suspected of violating the Government Corruption Prevention Act and obstructing bids in January of last year by providing advance information about bidding to island representatives regarding a contract to promote the city's Hometown Donation program. is held.
Police conducted a search of Kanzaki City Hall on the night of the 13th.
Bids for this work were held from February to March last year using the ``proposal method,'' in which contractors were selected based on a comprehensive evaluation of proposal content and price, and a total of seven companies participated. It is believed that the representative was given the name of the committee member in charge of the evaluation and the content of other companies' proposals.
As a result of the bidding process, ``Blue Flag'' was selected as the successful bidder.
According to the police, Representative Shima was acting as the accounting officer for Mayor Uchikawa's supporters' association, and the police are investigating the details of the incident based on the seized materials.
Police are not disclosing the identity of the four people, citing a hindrance to the investigation.