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Convicted lawmaker's son gets 8-yr prison term for fraud.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 31-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, Dec. 27 Kyodo

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a son of a former Diet member, who was also convicted of fraud and expelled from the parliament, to eight years in prison for his part in a 1994-1996 swindling case involving a mutual aid society.

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