Mayor's salary cut for two months in response to bribery scandal over waterworks repair work in Tsu city council, Mie

[Tsu] Following the indictment of two city officials on charges of fraud and bribery in relation to waterworks repair work ordered by Tsu City in Mie Prefecture, Mayor Yasuyuki Maeba presented a bill to amend the salary ordinance to reduce his own salary by one-tenth for two months at the March regular session of the city council on the 25th, which was passed by a majority vote. Mayor Maeba said, "I will appoint a waterworks and sewerage busines…