(2)Lawmaker let gangster-linked firm pay secretaries

(2)Lawmaker let gangster-linked firm pay secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - Kenshiro Matsunami, a House of Representatives member in the New Conservative Party, bows at a news conference in the Diet in Tokyo on April 15. He confirmed press reports that a construction firm that had links to gangsters paid 2.75 million yen in salaries to his aides between March 1997 and February 1998. (Kyodo)

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