The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced former Air Self-Defense Force chief Toshio Tamogami to 22 months in prison, suspended for five years, for making illegal payments to his campaign staff during his unsuccessful run for Tokyo governor in February 2014.
In rejecting his not-guilty plea, the court ruled that Tamogami, 68, “did not come up with the idea of providing payments or lead the plan, but approved it” and ordered that some of the payments be raised.
Tamogami denied legal responsibility, saying he never gave prior consent to the payments. He intends to appeal.
This article has been summarised, the full original article can be found at japantimes.co.jp
May 23, 2017 at 03:30PM
from Ysa Deveza
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