Japanese prosecutors arrested a former senior Tokyo Olympics official over alleged bid-rigging, native media mentioned Wednesday, the newest twist in a rising corruption scandal. Tokyo prosecutors declined to touch upon the studies, however native media revealed images of police raiding the house of Yasuo Mori, who ran take a look at occasions for the pandemic-postponed Summer season Video games held in 2021. The Asahi Shimbun every day and different shops mentioned Mori, 55, was arrested over alleged violations of the anti-monopoly legislation.

Prosecutors reportedly accuse him of rigging a string of supposedly open aggressive bids and restricted tender contracts for Olympic occasions, price a complete of 40 billion yen ($305 million), native media mentioned.

Mori and different officers concerned within the alleged rigging reportedly created their very own checklist of candidates for the occasions and bids went largely according to their decisions. Most bids acquired a single tender, the Asahi reported.

Prosecutors are already investigating bribery allegations across the Video games over claims a former Tokyo 2020 board member took cash from corporations in change for Olympic partnership offers.

The previous official, Haruyuki Takahashi, has been arrested over the scandal, and in December, the previous government of a serious clothes firm admitted in court docket that he provided cash to safe sponsorship rights, based on nationwide broadcaster NHK.

The corruption scandal has solid a shadow over the northern metropolis of Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.

Officers there have stopped holding promotional occasions for the bid and plan a nationwide ballot to gauge help.

The ballooning saga shouldn’t be the primary time questions have been raised over impropriety across the Tokyo Video games.

The previous head of Japan’s Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, stepped down in 2019 after French prosecutors launched an investigation into corruption allegations linked to Tokyo’s Olympic bid.

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