安倍派議員秘書を任意聴取　パー券収入キックバック―東京地検

　自民党の最大派閥「清和政策研究会」（安倍派）が政治資金パーティー券収入の一部を所属議員側に還流させ裏金にしていたとされる問題で、東京地検特捜部がキックバックを受けたとみられる安倍派議員の秘書に対する任意の事情聴取を始めたことが６日、関係者への取材で分かった。
　特捜部は、政治資金規正法違反（不記載など）容疑での立件を視野に資金の流れや政治資金収支報告書作成の経緯などを捜査。実態解明に向け、議員側への聴取を進めるとみられる。（2023/12/06-10:03）

Japanese public prosecutors have begun questioning secretaries to member lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction on a voluntary basis over a political funds scandal, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
   Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai, the faction previously led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is suspected of having created slush funds by returning part of sales of political fundraising party tickets to its lawmakers as kickbacks.
   The special squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is investigating flows of funds and the details of how political funds reports were created at the faction, eyeing the possibility of establishing a case on suspicion of violating the political funds control law.
   According to the sources, the Abe faction has set quotas for party ticket sales based on the positions of member lawmakers and the number of times they have been elected, and has continued to kick back the excess amount to them.
   It is suspected that the excess amount was not recorded in the political funds reports of the faction and its member lawmakers and was used as slush funds.