2ND LD: 4 men arrested over fake hydraulic pipes sold to MSDF+.TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo Police arrested the president of a Tokyo-based ship equipment maker and three other men on Monday on suspicion of defrauding the Maritime Self-Defense Force Self-Defense Force Japan's military after World War II. In Article 9 of Japan's postwar constitution, the Japanese renounced war and pledged never to maintain land, sea, or air forces. The rearming of Japan in the 1950s was therefore cast in terms of self-defense. (MSDF MSDF Michael & Susan Dell Foundation MSDF Maritime Self-Defense Forces MSDF Multi-Sensor Data Fusion MSDF Most Significant Digit First ) for 20 million by selling faked hydraulic and fuel pipes for use on high-speed MSDF missile boats This is for the type of warship. For other uses of Missile Boat, see Missile Boat (disambiguation) A Missile Boat is a small craft armed with anti-ship missiles. . The Tokyo metropolitan police detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: Hirotoshi Suenaga, 65, president of Sanki Kogyo, after picking up Toru Murakami, 51, a former Sanki Kogyo marketing manager earlier in the day. Kazuhide Wakita, 55, board member of a Sanki Kogyo subcontractor One who takes a portion of a contract from the principal contractor or from another subcontractor. When an individual or a company is involved in a large-scale project, a contractor is often hired to see that the work is done. known as Inaba, and a fourth suspect were also arrested Monday in connection with the case. Police said the rubber pipes sold by Sanki Kogyo consisted of hydraulic pipes for use in the hydrofoil hydrofoil, flat or curved finlike device, attached by struts to the hull of a watercraft, that lifts the moving watercraft above the water's surface. The term is often extended to include the vessel itself. system of the missile ships and fuel pipes. The pipes, which were later installed on two MSDF missile ships based in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, came from two orders for 300 rubber pipes worth a total of 20.9 million yen the MSDF placed in March last year and this March. Sanki Kogyo received the orders on both occasions in its capacity as an agent for a major manufacturer designated by the Defense Agency as a supplier of standard military goods. Sanki Kogyo is suspected of contracting out the orders and printing the manufacturer's logo on the pipes supplied by the subcontractor. The MSDF discovered the pipes were fakes after one of them malfunctioned during an operational test in April. The MSDF has reportedly spent 30 million yen to replace the hoses. The company has paid more than 10 million yen back to the Defense Agency. A man describing himself as an official of the major manufacturer monitored the delivery of the pipes, but police investigators suspect he has no links with the manufacturer. Sanki Kogyo, which was established in 1952 with a capital of 10 million yen, received orders worth 112 million yen from the Defense Agency in fiscal 1999, which ended March 31 this year. Police are investigating whether the alleged fraud was systematically conducted by the company and are also examining whether the suspects violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. the Trademark Law. |
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