The Finance Ministry is expected to strictly reprimand former official Nobuhisa Sagawa for falsifying government documents with his subordinates in connection with the murky land sale that launched the Moritomo Gakuen cronyism scandal dogging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, government sources said Friday.
The ministry is expected to release a report on its internal probe Monday that will include a reprimand equivalent to a suspension and a reduction in retirement pay, they said. Sagawa has already resigned from his post as tax agency chief and is no longer a public servant.
"I want Finance Minister Taro Aso to reprimand (those involved), strictly taking into consideration the harsh public eye and do all he can to prevent a recurrence," Abe told the Upper House on Friday.