Criminal complaint filed against ex-PM Abe, Suntory employee over free booze at parties June 15, 2022 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version In this April 13, 2019 file photo, then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen giving a speech during a cherry blossom-viewing party at Tokyo's Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. (Pool photo) TOKYO -- A citizens' group has filed a criminal complaint against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
ブランドコピーN級品 an unspecified employee of brewer Suntory Holdings Ltd. and two others
スーパーコピー財布 alleging free alcoholic drinks provided at functions hosted by Abe's support group constituted illegal political donations. The complaint submitted to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on June 10
スーパーコピーブランド時計 which also named Abe's then chief government-funded secretary, pointed out that Suntory had served alcoholic drinks free of charge at dinner functions hosted by Abe's support group at a Tokyo hotel between 2017 and 2019, on the eve of cherry blossom-viewing parties. It has come to light that Suntory provided a total of 382 bottles of beverages including beer and whisky (worth about 450,000 yen
偽物ブランド or roughly $3,300) for free at the pre-sakura party functions. The citizens' group claims that this constituted "donations to other political organizations" -- such as lawmakers' support groups -- which are banned under the political funds control law. The group focused its complaint on the 2019 dinner function, where 150,000 yen worth of drinks were provided, pointing out that the three-year statute of limitations for prosecution hadn't expired for that year. The Suntory employee is listed anonymously in the complaint as the group claims that it remains unknown which worker or workers were involved in the dinner functions. The group also claims that the former prime minister and his then chief secretary neglected their supervisory responsibilities and failed to make sure the support group's accounting officer listed the value for the alcohol served at the venue as a donation in a political funding report. Regarding the criminal complaint filed against its employee, Suntory Holdings declined to comment, while Abe's office stated, "We've corrected political funding reports properly when necessary based on public prosecutors' decisions." In connection with the state-funded cherry blossom-viewing parties, separate criminal complaints have been filed against the former prime minister and his secretary on suspicion of a political funds control law violation. In that complaint, they are accused of partially covering hotel fees in place of party participants. The former secretary was handed a summary order fining him 1 million yen ($7,400) in 2020. Charges against Abe
ブランド靴コピー on the other hand, were dropped due to lack of reasonable suspicion. (Japanese original by Yujiro Futamura, Tokyo City News Department) Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles Editorial: Ex-Japan PM Abe still needs to explain spending on supporters' parties Prosecutors decide again not to charge ex-PM Abe over dinner function spending Prosecutors, inquest committee in 'invisible battle' over ex-PM Abe's dinner spending probe
