Hirakata mayor arrested over suspected bid rigging

Hirakata mayor arrested over suspected bid rigging

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakatsuka, mayor of Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, heads to the Osaka District Prosecutors' Office in Osaka on July 31 for questioning. Nakatsuka, 51, was later arrested by the prosecutors for his role in the bid rigging case in 2005 for a garbage incinerator plant construction project. (Kyodo)

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