Then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee session on Feb. 5. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo prosecutors will likely not indict former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after he again denied any involvement in the unreported payments his support group used to cover the costs of lavish dinner parties, sources said.
Abe had been questioned on a voluntary basis by the special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, the sources said on Dec. 22.
His chief state-paid aide, who heads the support organization, has admitted to not reporting the payments in its income and expenditure reports on political funds, a possible violation of the Political Fund Control Law, the sources said.
桜の立件は「リベンジ」 検察と政治、再び変わる力関係:朝日新聞デジタル
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リニア談合、4社に排除命令 受注2社に課徴金43億円―公取委:時事ドットコム
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安倍前首相、道義的責任避けられず 特捜部聴取は検審対策の側面も
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安倍前首相を聴取 「桜」夕食会めぐり東京地検特捜部
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