Ex-Lawmaker Sentenced to Prison Term, Fined
From Times Wire Reports
A former lawmaker from Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party was handed a two-year prison term and fined $104,000 on bribery and perjury charges.
Muneo Suzuki, who had pleaded innocent, had gained notoriety in 2002 for helping force out Koizumi’s foreign minister, Makiko Tanaka.
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