The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office today arrested a former director of the organizing committee for the third time in connection with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics corruption scandal, accusing him of receiving bribes from the advertising company Daiko. Today, the special investigation unit newly arrested Yoshikazu Taniguchi (57), an executive officer of the advertising company “Ohiro”, on suspicion of bribery, and is searching the house of the related company. The Special Investigation Department also suspected that Haruyuki Takahashi (78), a former director of the organizing committee of the tournament, received a bribe after receiving a request from Taniguchi to allow Ohiro to handle the sponsorship contract. Arrested for the second time. The Special Investigation Department said that approximately 15 million yen was transferred to the company of Kazumasa Fukami (73), an acquaintance of Takahashi, four times from 2019 to February this year as bribes. The Special Investigation Department has not disclosed whether Taniguchi and others have admitted to the investigation, but according to people involved, Takahashi has denied the suspicion that he received bribes from the “Ohiro” side to the Special Investigation Department. is. ▼TBS NEWS DIG official website https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/ ▼Please subscribe to the channel! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6AG81pAkf6Lbi_1VC5NmPA?sub_confirmation=1 ▼Provide information here “TBS Insiders” https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/tbs-insiders.html ▼Provide video Click here for “TBS Scoop Post” https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/toukou.html
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