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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves Parliament = November, in the Diet
According to an interview with interested persons, the Tokyo District Attorney’s Office voluntarily interviewed Abe himself during a dinner hosted by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political organization the day before the “Cherry Blossom Festival”.
Since 2013, the political organization “Abe Shinzo Supporters Association” represented by Abe’s first public secretary, Mr. Hiroyuki Aragawa, has invited supporters from the local Yamaguchi prefecture to dinner every year at a luxury hotel in Tokyo. . It has been opened.
The 5,000 yen per person membership fee is not enough to pay, and Abe will cover the approximately 9 million yen shortfall for the hotel over five years, from 2015 to 2019. The Special Investigation Department believes that membership fees should have been included in income and expenses in the Political Funds Balance Report, and that the supplements should have been recorded as expenses.
The Special Investigation Department voluntarily interviewed Mr. Abe, considering that he was charged with criminal charges along with Mr. Aragawa and others. It appears that he had confirmed if he had captured the compensation and if there were any instructions or approvals related to the description in the income and expense report. Abe seems to have denied them all.
Abe has stated in his response to the Diet last fall that he was the prime minister and has “no income or expenses” as a supporter. On the other hand, Mr. Aragawa is said to have explained in previous voluntary hearings that “should have been indicated” in the income and expenditure report, including the supplemental amount.
It appears that the Special Investigation Department has decided not to prosecute Mr. Abe and is making final adjustments to prosecute Mr. Aragawa briefly.
