Bid Rigging Scandal in Fujioka: Deputy Mayor Leaked Price?

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".
By AI of "Isesaki FM".

It has been revealed that Deputy Mayor Tsukamoto Hideo, who was arrested in connection with a case of government-sponsored bid-rigging surrounding the bidding for construction work ordered by Fujioka City, made a statement to the effect that when the president of the construction company said to him, "We want to win this construction work," he "told him the minimum bid price."
This exchange is believed to have been conducted verbally over a mobile phone, and the police are investigating the details and background of the exchange, including the call records.