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鈴木議員あっせん収賄で逮捕
鈴木宗男衆議院議員が19日、あっせん収賄容疑で逮捕された。
Suzuki arrested over suspicion of bribery
Lawmaker Muneo Suzuki was arrested June 19 for allegedly taking bribes from a lumber company in a scandal that has deeply embarrassed the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Muneo Suzuki, 54, was taken into custody hours after the Lower House approved an arrest warrant issued by prosecutors, the prosecutors office said. Because Suzuki had refused to give up his Diet seat, the arrest required legislative approval.
Prosecutors sought permission for the arrest on June 17, and on June 18, Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama appeared before the Lower House panel to explain why prosecutors wanted to make the arrest. Suzuki later reportedly denied the allegations.
A panel of ruling and opposition leaders eventually approved his arrest in a vote early June 19, paving the way for a vote in the full Lower House.
Tokyo prosecutors say Suzuki allegedly accepted E million from lumber company Yamarin in 1998 in exchange for lobbying for leniency in an illegal logging case.
The lumber company Yamarin is based in Suzuki's constituency in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, and has reportedly made sizable political donations to him
Shukan ST: June 28, 2002
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- arrested over suspicion of bribery
- 収賄容疑で逮捕される
- allegedly 〜
- 〜の疑いで
- bribes
- わいろ
- lumber company
- 製材会社
- has deeply embarrassed
- ひどく困らせた
- administration
- 政権
- was taken into custody
- 身柄を拘束された
- Lower House
- 衆議院
- approved
- 許諾した
- arrest warrant
- 逮捕状
- prosecutors
- 検察
- had refused to give up his Diet seat
- 議員辞職を拒否した
- legislative approval
- 立法府の許諾
- sought permission
- 逮捕許諾を要求した
- Justice Minister
- 法相
- panel
- 委員会
- denied the allegations
- 容疑を否認した
- panel of ruling and opposition leaders
- 与野党の役員会
- vote
- 採決
- paving the way for 〜
- 〜を可能にした
- full Lower House
- 衆院本会議
- lobbying for leniency
- 甘い措置を取るように圧力をかける
- illegal logging case
- 無断伐採
- constituency
- 選挙区
- sizable
- かなりの
- political donations
- 政治献金