Fellow lawmakers set up support fund for two children of deceased former Hyogo prefectural assembly member

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Regarding the death of Hideaki Takeuchi, a former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member who had been subjected to slander on social media over the whistleblower document issue, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Seiichiro Murakami stated at the House of Representatives Internal Affairs and Communications Committee on the 18th that "the death of Hideaki Takeuchi, a former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member who had been subjected to slande…

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On the 18th, it has been one month since the death of Hideaki Takeuchi (then 50 years old), a former prefectural assembly member who was a member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly Special Investigative Committee (Hyakujo Committee) on the document whistleblowing issue in Hyogo Prefecture. He was the target of aggressive posts on social media (online social networking services) in relation to the November 2024 gubernatorial election, and resigned…