Ex-Lawmaker Ishii to Be Indicted without Arrest over Fraud

Ex-Lawmaker Ishii to Be Indicted without Arrest over Fraud
Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is expected to indict without arrest former lawmaker Akira Ishii for alleged fraud involving state-paid salaries of a secretary, sources said Tuesday. Ishii, a former lawmaker of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, is believed to have defrauded the state of some 8 million yen ...