車検切れ容疑、武井議員を書類送検　秘書の当て逃げ事故で発覚―警視庁

　自民党の武井俊輔衆院議員（４６）を乗せた乗用車による当て逃げ事故で、警視庁は５日、この車が車検切れだったとして、道路運送車両法違反（無車検運行）容疑などで武井議員を書類送検した。道交法違反（当て逃げ）などの疑いで、運転していた当時政策秘書の男（６４）も書類送検した。いずれも容疑を認めているという。
　男の送検容疑は昨年６月８日午後６時半ごろ、東京都港区六本木で交差点を左折する際、自転車に乗った男性と接触したにもかかわらず、通報せずに立ち去った疑い。男性は左脚に打撲などの軽傷を負った。
　同庁によると、男性は事故後、車を追い掛けて引き留めたという。武井議員はこの間、後部座席に乗っていた。男は現在は秘書ではないという。
　車は武井議員名義で、昨年３月に車検期限が切れ、自賠責も加入していない無保険状態だった。（2022/01/05-11:52）

Tokyo police sent to public prosecutors Wednesday papers on a Japanese ruling party lawmaker regarding a car in his possession that had not undergone required inspections and caused a hit-and-run accident last year while carrying the lawmaker.
   Shunsuke Takei, 46, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, is suspected of violating the road transport vehicle law by not having mandatory checks conducted on the car and leaving its inspection certificate expired.
   The 64-year-old male driver of the car, who was Takei's policy secretary at the time, is suspected of violating the road traffic law over the hit-and-run incident. The Metropolitan Police Department also sent papers on the man to prosecutors.
   Both Takei and the former secretary have admitted the allegations, according to the MPD.
   The car hit a man on a bicycle while making a left turn at a crossing in the Roppongi district in Tokyo's Minato Ward around 6:30 p.m. on June 8 last year (9:30 a.m. GMT). But the vehicle left the scene, with the former secretary allegedly failing to report the incident. The cyclist chased the car and stopped it, according to the police.