The former head of a school operator at the center of a scandal involving its discounted purchase of state land was granted bail Friday along with his wife, about 10 months after being arrested on suspicion of fraudulently receiving public subsidies. The Osaka District Court rejected a complaint lodged by…
The former head of a school operator at the center of a scandal involving its discounted purchase of state land was granted bail Friday along with his wife, about 10 months after being arrested on suspicion of fraudulently receiving public subsidies.
The Osaka District Court rejected a complaint lodged by prosecutors against its decision on Wednesday to allow Yasunori Kagoike, the 65-year-old former chief of Moritomo Gakuen, and his 61-year-old wife Junko out on bail.
The couple came into the spotlight over the operator’s purchase of the state land in Osaka Prefecture to build an elementary school, of which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife Akie was named honorary principal.
The government offered the land at less than a seventh of the appraisal price, ostensibly to cover the cost of removing waste buried at the site.
