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According to an interview with interested persons, it was discovered that Mr. Abe had received an appointment from the hotel side of the place in advance during the dinner hosted by the political organization of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the day before the “party to see cherry blossoms. ” Was. The unit price per person is said to have exceeded the 5,000 yen membership fee, and Mr. Abe participated in the cost of the Tokyo District Inspection Special Investigation Department.
The dinner is held every year in Tokyo luxury hotels by the political organization “Shinzo Abe Supporters Association”, which has invited supporters from the local Yamaguchi prefecture since 2013. Since the total membership fee was less than the amount paid to the hotel, Abe is suspected of covering around 9 million yen in the five years to 2019.
According to a person familiar with the matter, every year after receiving a request for a dinner from Mr. Abe, the hotel would submit an estimate showing the total cost, such as food and beverages, and room charges. The unit price is said to have exceeded 5,000 yen.
On the day of dinner, the hotel receives the participant membership fee from Mr. Abe and then collects the shortfall. After receiving the payment from Mr. Abe, he said that he had issued a receipt to the fund management organization “Shinwakai” represented by Mr. Abe.
It is said that Mr. Abe initially confirmed with the Ministry of the Interior and Communications that he was obliged to include it in the Political Funds Balance Report when expenses were incurred. However, there is no mention of a dinner in the income and expenditure report for at least the last five years, and the Department of Special Investigation believes that Mr. Abe was aware of the risk of violating the Law on the Regulation of Political Funds.
Regarding the estimate, Hotel New Otani and ANA Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo, which were the headquarters, said on the 26th that they could not answer the interview in this newspaper.
