国际英语资讯:Japanese LDP lawmaker implicated in election campaign bribery coverup
<p><span word="TOKYO">TOKYO</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 16-- <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="lawmaker">lawmaker</span> <span word="Anri">Anri</span> <span word="Kawai">Kawai</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conceal">conceal</span> <span word="payments">payments</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="upper">upper</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="illegally">illegally</span> <span word="high">high</span>, <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>.</p><p><span word="Kawai">Kawai</span>, 46, <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="Justice">Justice</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Katsuyuki">Katsuyuki</span> <span word="Kawai">Kawai</span>, <span word="won">won</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="seat">seat</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span> <span word="Liberal">Liberal</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> (<span word="LDP">LDP</span>) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="July">July</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="upper">upper</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="election">election</span>.</p><p><span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="however">however</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hide">hide</span> <span word="illegally">illegally</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="payments">payments</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="splitting">splitting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amounts">amounts</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="receipts">receipts</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="paying">paying</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="double">double</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="amount">amount</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="allowance">allowance</span> <span word="payments">payments</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="campaigning">campaigning</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="behalf">behalf</span> <span word="totaling">totaling</span> 30,000 <span word="yen">yen</span> (273 <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>).</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="payments">payments</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="violation">violation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bribery">bribery</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conceal">conceal</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="potentially">potentially</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="payments">payments</span>, <span word="Kawai">Kawai</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="producing">producing</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="receipts">receipts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="signed">signed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="members">members</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="payments">payments</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="below">below</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="threshold">threshold</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> 15,000-<span word="yen">yen</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="allowance">allowance</span>.</p><p><span word="Prosecutors">Prosecutors</span> <span word="searched">searched</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="offices">offices</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="Investigations">Investigations</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="continuing">continuing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="instructed">instructed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="receipts">receipts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="payments">payments</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="divided">divided</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="staffers">staffers</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="admitted">admitted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prosecutors">prosecutors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="volition">volition</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="received">received</span> 30,000 <span word="yen">yen</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="work">work</span>.</p>
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