(4)Ex-lawmaker Sato arrested in pay embezzlement scandal

(4)Ex-lawmaker Sato arrested in pay embezzlement scandal

ICHINOMIYA, Japan - Investigators on March 7 search for evidence at the office of former House of Representatives lawmaker Kanju Sato in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, on March 7 after he was arrested on suspicion of embezzling some 17 million yen from the state intended as salary for one of his secretaries. (Kyodo)

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