ALLEGED GRAFT IN JAPAN
former premier CHARGED (Rec. 7 P-m.) TOKYO, August 27. The prosecutor in Japans post-war scandal to-day. demanded a sentence of two years- imprisonment Sd a fine of 2,500,000 yen (about £2485) against the former Japanese PrinS Minister (Hitoshi Ashidas. Ashida is among more than.s0 _ defendants on trial on charges of B ra 1 which brought the downfall of the Ashida Cabinet three years ago. Huge were alleged to have been accepted by Ashida and officials of his government from t-ie ® h °^f nr D c? ate Fertiliser Company m return for State 10 The total amount involvedl in the graft charges was nut at 2,700,000,000 y The a h°ea t ring 2 trial has lasted for nearly four was to-day expected to take consia erable time in reaching its verdict.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26512, 29 August 1951, Page 7
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