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Cameron defends financial arrangements

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British Prime Minister David Cameron fought back April 11 after days of criticism over his finances, lashing out at what he called hurtful and untrue claims about his late father's investments sparked by the Panama Papers leak about the offshore accounts of the wealthy.

Cameron said his father had set up an investment fund overseas so it could trade in dollar securities — "an entirely standard practice and it is not to avoid tax." He said millions of Britons had investments in such funds through their workplace pensions. (AP)

キャメロン英首相、議会でパナマ文書問題釈明

パナマ文書で亡父のオフショア信託が明らかになったデビッド・キャメロン英首相は4月11日、英議会で演説し、自らの投資について正当性を主張した。

The Japan Times ST: April 22, 2016