(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to attend the trial of Mitsuru Asada, former chairman of meat packer Hannan Corp., who was indicted for swindling the government out of more than 5 billion yen by abusing a state beef buyback program established to calm concerns over mad cow disease. The court sentenced Asada to seven years in prison.

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