Alleged Bribery Case in Tokyo Tokyo, Sept. 28.
Mr, H. Ogawa, former Minister of Railways, and eight of 15 other defendants in an alleged bribery case were granted a new. trial by the Supreme Court to-day.
Mr, N. Amaoka, former director of the Bureau of Decorations, who is alleged to have received " sums. exchange for the granting of honours, and Mr. K. Fujita, former president of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Indusiry, "however, had their sentences, pronounced by a lower court, confirmed. Mr. Amaoka wil! serve two years in prison, while Mr. Fujita was granted a three-year stay of execution on a three-month prison term, The latter was simultaneously elleved of his post in the House of All 15 defendants are involved in! food. three separate but interlocking alleged scandals, which were first unearthed 1020—Rengo.
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