China news agency, Tokyo, November 19 (Reporter Sun Ran) - Political donations scandal surrounding the first party of the National Life Party, Ichiro Ozawa, 19 three duties of public procurators lawyer decided to abandon the appeal, which Ichiro Ozawa determine of innocence. Since last January Ozawa was forced prosecution, after one year and nine months, Ozawa was the mandatory prosecution case came to an end.
Three lawyers told the media that 19: Ichiro Ozawa does not violate the Constitution or past precedents, the grounds of appeal did not continue. "Was acquitted of first instance and the second instance Ozawa, the issue of whether to continue the three trial lawyers appealed unto has been difficult to find the reason, it was decided to abandon the appeal. This means that Ichiro Ozawa formally acquitted.
National life Party leader Ichiro Ozawa's fund management groups "Miss Hill 2004 small Ze Ichiro at 400 million yen loan, the purchase of a piece of land in Setagaya, Tokyo, intended to be used in the construction of Secretary of the dormitory, but this funds in Lushan 2004 political report of the receipt and expenditure of funds and there is no record, but appeared in the 2005 report. In 2009, the matter was exposed by the media, the special searching part of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office involved in the investigation.
In 2010, the prosecution alleged violation of the political funds management law by the implementation of the arrest and prosecution of three former secretary of Ichiro Ozawa Ichiro Ozawa, the suspect is not sufficient, not prosecuted. Tokyo the fifth inspection reviews will twice make should be prosecuted resolution, in October 2010, Ichiro Ozawa was forced to prosecute. In September 2011, Ichiro Ozawa, former secretary convicted, is currently under appeal. In April 2012, the Tokyo District Court Ichiro Ozawa made the not-guilty verdict. Subsequently, the prosecution decided to appeal. November 12, 2012, the Tokyo High Court hearing the case of Ozawa, Ozawa was acquitted.
Ichiro Ozawa called Japanese politics Gangster, the elected members of the House of Representatives for the first time in 1969, has been re-elected to the 14th, a former LDP secretary general, Democratic Party positions, has a pivotal position in the political arena. Political capital case exposure, its political influence declined. In July 2012, Ichiro Ozawa, Democratic Party led by the consumption tax tax increase bill violate campaign Convention grounds, carrying 50 Democratic lawmakers quit the Democratic Party to scrap nuclear power, anti-tax increase for the program to set up the first party of the national life of the New Party, with himself as the party representatives. Today, Ichiro Ozawa formally determine innocence, this will be allowed to regain influence the political arena, he rallied the face of the House of Representatives general election in December very timely.
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