Japan’s ex-top spokesman questioned
in finance probe.
International News Desk
According to global Times news Agency Europe, Japan’s former top government spokesman and other lawmakers from the ruling party have submitted to voluntary questioning by Tokyo prosecutors over a political funding scandal, according to the Yomiuri newspaper, The Global Times Europe informs.Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and at least three others went to prosecutors to discuss an investigation into a widespread scandal over the suspected concealment of political funds, the paper reported Monday without saying where it obtained the information. Prosecutors as a rule do not discuss ongoing investigations.The two Liberal Democratic Party factions so far implicated in the probe have issued statements of apology and said they would cooperate with authorities, without giving details.