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Former Attorney General Hiroshi Kurokawa of the Tokyo High Inspectorate (photographed January 2019)
Former Attorney General Hirotsugu Kurokawa (63) of the Tokyo Superior Prosecutor’s Office bet on mahjong with well-known newspaper reporters. The prosecution review committee voted “equivalent to the prosecution” on the 24th, according to an interview with interested parties. The Tokyo District Attorney’s Office is re-investigating.
In July this year, Kurokawa made a mahjong bet at the home of a well-known Sankei Shimbun reporter four times in total from April to May this year, with two reporters from the same newspaper and an employee of the former Asahi Shimbun reporter. , Confirmed the establishment of the gambling offense. Subsequently, he was suspended from prosecution for having received social sanctions and having recognized the facts and reflected on them.
He was also charged with gambling addiction, but said he could not find addiction due to the period and frequency, and the crime was not established. He was also charged with bribery on the grounds that he had returned home and paid as superior to a reporter, but concluded that there was no suspicion.
Even if the prosecution on the ground does not prosecute as a result of the new investigation, it will be mandatorily prosecuted if the prosecution decides that it is equivalent to re-prosecution. (Joint)
Committee for the examination of the prosecutionIt is made up of 11 judges selected by lottery from among those who have the right to vote. The exam is not open to the public. Regarding the disposition of the suspect by the prosecutor, if 6 out of 11 people are not satisfied, it will be “unjustified”, and if 8 or more people are not satisfied, it will be “equivalent to prosecution.” If the prosecutor investigates a case that has decided to be prosecuted and does not prosecute it, the investigating committee of the prosecution will re-examine it. If the decision is “equivalent to prosecution” again, a designated attorney selected by the court will forcibly prosecute the suspect.
