{"id":5247,"date":"2022-10-20T12:23:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/?p=5247"},"modified":"2022-10-20T12:23:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:23:59","slug":"nagasaki-court-begins-hearing-arguments-on-public-money-lawsuit-for-ir-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/nagasaki-court-begins-hearing-arguments-on-public-money-lawsuit-for-ir-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki Court Begins Hearing Arguments on Public Money Lawsuit for IR Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kengo-oishi.jpg\" alt=\"Kengo Oishi\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5248\" title=\"Nagasaki Court Begins Hearing Arguments on Public Money Lawsuit for IR Plans\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Citizens group files lawsuit to stop public money being spent on IR<\/li>\n<li>Nagasaki Gov. Kengo Oishi accused of improper spending<\/li>\n<li>Nagasaki District Court has commenced proceedings on the lawsuit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Nagasaki District Court began hearing arguments on October 18, 2022, regarding the lawsuit filed by a citizens\u2019 group to <strong>stop the governor from spending public funds on an integrated resort<\/strong> (IR) in the prefecture. The group registered its complaint back in September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/nagasaki-prefecture-dismisses-anti-casino-groups-ir-audit-request\/\">after audit request was dismissed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Group Accuses Oishi of Improper Spending<\/h2>\n<p>The citizens\u2019 group, &#8220;<em>Stop the Casino Nagaski Prefectural Network<\/em>&#8220;, accused the prefecture\u2019s government led by governor <strong>Kengo Oishi<\/strong> (<em>pictured<\/em>) of signing a contract worth JPY110 million (US$737,399) with a law firm to review the development plans and the bidding process for the proposed complex. The group alleged the Oishi-led government of using public money improperly, which could lead to the dismissal of Nagasaki\u2019s bid for the resort.<\/p>\n<p>According to local media, the plaintiffs claimed that the prefecture\u2019s plan for the IR funding was flawed. It was also said that the prefecture refrained from engaging in an upfront discussion and making a clear confirmation about the proposal. Countering the claims of the lobby group, the prefectural government\u2019s legal representative insisted that there was nothing wrong with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/deposit-options\">funding deposit<\/a> made by the governor.<\/p>\n<p>The defense clarified that the payment was proper as there are tasks related to the assessment that are still pending. Previously, governor Oishi had mentioned some parties handing in commitment letters certifying their participation as funding arrangers in the proposal. The lawsuit accused the government of not making the documents public, despite its claims.<\/p>\n<p>During the court hearing, the lobby group argued that it was unlikely for the national authorities to approve the plan as the letters sent by the Nagasaki prefecture might not qualify the approval criteria. The plaintiff added that since the documents won\u2019t meet the standards, the scheme would be rejected, and there would be no requirement for the government to spend public funds anymore. The matter will be heard further in the next hearing scheduled in December.<\/p>\n<h2>Proposed Nagasaki IR To Cost Over $3 Billion<\/h2>\n<p>The estimated budget for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/casinos-austria-releases-proposal-for-nagasaki-integrated-resort\/\">Nagasaki IR in Sasebo city<\/a> is JPY438.3 billion (US$3.03 billion). The site for the resort complex is located adjacent to the Huis Ten Bosch theme park and the private sector partner for the prefecture is <strong>Casinos Austria International Japan Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Citizens group files lawsuit to stop public money being spent on IR Nagasaki Gov. Kengo Oishi accused of improper spending Nagasaki District Court has commenced proceedings on the lawsuit The Nagasaki District Court began hearing arguments on October 18, 2022, regarding the lawsuit filed by a citizens\u2019 group to stop the governor from spending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry","category-legislation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nagasaki Court Begins Hearing Arguments on Public Money Lawsuit for IR Plans<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nagasaki District Court began hearing arguments, regarding the lawsuit filed by a citizens\u2019 group to stop funds to 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