In the case of the Liberal Democratic Party's faction's political fundraising party, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office has begun voluntary interviews with Abe lawmakers who were receiving kickbacks from party revenues, according to interviews with people involved. There is a suspicion that the Abe faction systematically operated by not including a part of the party's income in the political fund balance report and turning it into back money, and the Special Investigation Department is expected to investigate the actual situation by listening to dozens of lawmakers in the future.
Regarding the political funding party of the Abe faction's "Seiwa Policy Study Group", the largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, most of the lawmakers, including six senior members of the faction including former Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno, received kickbacks for part of the party's income, and it is suspected that the political organization on the parliamentary side did not record it as income in the political fund balance report, and the total amount of funds kicked back to the lawmakers was in the five years up to last year. It is estimated to amount to about 6 million yen.
In this matter, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office has begun voluntary interviews with members of the Abe faction, according to interviews with those involved.
It has been revealed that the Abe faction systematically conducted an operation that did not include part of the party's income and expenditure in the income and expenditure report, and the Special Investigation Department will listen to dozens of lawmakers in the future and investigate the perception and viciousness of the lawmakers themselves.