Corruption Information Exchange
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JAPAN
Anti-graft crusader stabbed to death. Prominent Japanese anti-corruption politician Koki Ishii appears to have become the country’s third post-war political assassination victim when he was stabbed with a sashimi knife in Tokyo yesterday. Ishii was attacked outside his home as he left for work, his unidentified attacker leaving the knife at the scene of the crime. Police are investigating the possibility the attack was politically motivated, with Ishii being involved in exposing bid-rigging scams, a well-established but illegal practice in Japan where firms collude on tenders for public works to ensure they all receive sufficient work(The Australian News, October 25, 2002, summary by Sherldine Tomlinson).
[http://www.fordham.edu/economics/vinod/cie/japan.htm]
To promote Governance with Respect Ethics Accountability and Transparency (GREAT)
JAPAN
Anti-graft crusader stabbed to death. Prominent Japanese anti-corruption politician Koki Ishii appears to have become the country’s third post-war political assassination victim when he was stabbed with a sashimi knife in Tokyo yesterday. Ishii was attacked outside his home as he left for work, his unidentified attacker leaving the knife at the scene of the crime. Police are investigating the possibility the attack was politically motivated, with Ishii being involved in exposing bid-rigging scams, a well-established but illegal practice in Japan where firms collude on tenders for public works to ensure they all receive sufficient work(The Australian News, October 25, 2002, summary by Sherldine Tomlinson).