Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives Sonoura's secretary "About 40 million yen not stated in the income and expenditure report"

Kentaro Sonoura, a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, explained to a random investigation by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office that the income of about 40 million yen for several political fund parties was not listed in the income and expenditure report. I found out through interviews with the people involved.

The Special Investigation Department has submitted an indictment alleging that Mr. Sonoura's political organization did not include the income and expenditure of the political fund party in 2019 in the income and expenditure report, and is carefully investigating the facts. It seems.

Kentaro Sonoura, a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party,'s fund management group "New Era Political Economy Research Group" said that the political fund party held in 2019 did not record the balance of more than 2 million yen in the political fund balance report. The report was amended, and in September last year, a university professor filed an accusation letter against Sonoura and the organization's first secretary, who is in charge of accounting, to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of violating the Political Funds Control Law. I'm here.

After that, when the Special Investigation Department voluntarily asked the secretary about the circumstances, he explained to the parties concerned that "the income of 40 million yen in total for multiple parties was not recorded in the report." I got it from the interview.

The secretary explained that he had previously reported to Sonoura that he would not include income in the report.

The Special Investigation Department seems to be carefully investigating the circumstances leading up to the creation of the income and expenditure report, including whether Mr. Sonoura was aware of the situation by listening to the circumstances from other officials.

Mr. Sonoura was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2005 House of Representatives election in the 5th district of Chiba, and held successive positions such as State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in the Abe Cabinet.

He currently serves on the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.

House of Representatives member Sonoura "I want to investigate everything and respond sincerely"

Kentaro Sonoura, a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, said in an interview with NHK, "I would like to investigate everything from now on and respond sincerely."