In a case in which a former ward assembly member of Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward was arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from a contractor in return for leaking bidding information on construction ordered by the ward, the chairman of an organization formed by the bribery contractors agreed to the ex-member's demands. Interviews with people involved in the investigation revealed that the company appears to have been coordinating the companies providing benefits according to the situation.
Four years ago, in 2020, Hidehiko Shimazaki (64), who was a member of the Chiyoda Ward assembly, received a request from a contractor to obtain bid information through a ward employee regarding a bid for renovation work at a ward elementary school and kindergarten. He was arrested again on suspicion of accepting bribes by facilitation, and was sent to the public prosecutor's office on the morning of the 11th.
Investigations so far have revealed that more than a dozen companies are believed to have formed an organization called the "Chiyoda District Disaster Countermeasures Plumbing Construction Cooperation Association," and that the companies suspected of paying bribes were requesting former assembly members to bid on construction work they wanted to win. I already know.
According to people involved in the investigation, in return for favors, the former lawmaker asked him to take care of receipts and do interior work on his home, and a former company executive who was the chairman of the cooperative association at the time was asked to do the same. It appears that they were making arrangements to meet the demands, such as deciding which company would bear the burden.
It appears that the provision of benefits from the business has been going on since at least seven years ago, in 2017, and the Metropolitan Police Department suspects that the former lawmaker was communicating with the chairman of the cooperative association as a "contact," and is investigating the details of the incident. I'm investigating.