LDP expels 9 as punishment for voting against postal bills

LDP expels 9 as punishment for voting against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Mayumi Moriyama, who chairs the Liberal Democratic Party's Party Ethics Committee, speaks at a press conference at the LDP Headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 21 on her panel's decision to expel nine current and former LDP lawmakers for voting against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization bills during the previous Diet session ended Aug. 13.

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