An employee of the prefecture's road maintenance division was arrested on suspicion of bribery for allegedly receiving approximately 1 million yen in cash in return for favors given to a construction company in Inzai City regarding a bid for road construction ordered by Chiba Prefecture. I did.
The suspect arrested was Yosuke Matsue (48) of the Chiba Prefecture Road Maintenance Division.
According to the police, the employee leaked bidding information to Takeuchi Construction, a construction company in Inzai City, regarding a bid ordered by the prefecture to rebuild a national highway in Narita City. He is suspected of accepting bribes after receiving approximately 1 million yen in cash on multiple occasions around October, as well as receiving entertainment worth 200,000 yen at an apartment near the prefectural office.
Kazumasa Takeuchi (51), the then president of Takeuchi Construction, was also arrested on suspicion of bribery.
Police have not revealed the identity of the two men as it would hinder the investigation.
In January, the former director of the Prefectural Kita-Chiba Road Construction Office in Narita City was arrested and charged with bribery for accepting cash from former President Takeuchi regarding public works ordered by Chiba Prefecture. , is the second prefectural employee to be arrested.
Chiba Prefecture “Second arrest results in betrayal of trust”
According to Chiba Prefecture, the employee who was arrested this time has stopped coming to work because he reported that he was being questioned by the police in October last year.
Masaaki Ikeguchi, director of the Chiba Prefectural Land Development Department, said, ``We are very sorry that we have betrayed the trust of the people of the prefecture by having yet another employee arrested, and we sincerely apologize.We will never do something like this again.'' To prevent this from happening, I would like to work to maintain even stricter service discipline and thorough compliance than ever before, while seeking opinions from third-party councils, and work to regain the trust of the prefectural residents."
The prefecture has set up a panel of experts, including former judges and lawyers, to examine the circumstances surrounding the incident and consider measures to prevent it from happening again, including how bidding and information management should be handled.