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Judul: [ob] Japan Ozawa's fund group scandal, adds to PM woes
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Tanggal: Kamis, 14 Januari, 2010, 3:47 PM


  





Japan Ozawa's fund group scandal, adds to PM woes

Japan CDS Indicates Wider On Ozawa Funding Scandal - iTraxx Japan Series 12 
traded at 122, 121 bps vs yesterday's 122 bps; Japan bank trader says general 
construction firms' credit protection and index widened on indication basis due 
to news prosecutors searched DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's office and 
his funds management body over alleged accounting irregularities related to 
donations from Nishimatsu Construction Corp.

TOKYO (real news via Reuters) - Prosecutors searched the office of a funding 
group for the Japanese ruling party's No.2 official over a land purchase on 
Wednesday, media said, adding to the woes of the prime minister, whose own 
scandal has eroded support.

Media reports on the investigation into possible political funding 
irregularities linked to Democratic Party Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa could 
eat into support for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama before a mid-year election 
for parliament's upper house.

Recent polls show support for Hatoyama's government, which took power after a 
landslide election victory for the Democrats last August, has leveled off at 
around 50 percent after initial highs above 70 percent.

Ozawa apologized on Tuesday for misunderstandings and trouble caused to the 
public by reports of the affair, but denied intentionally breaking any laws.

"As I have said many times, there may have been miscalculations by myself or 
those in my office, but I believe that there was no intentional violation of 
the law," Ozawa told a news conference.

Prosecutors had also searched offices of general contractor Kajima Corp, a 
Kajima spokesman said. He added that the company would cooperate fully with the 
investigation, but declined further comment.

Neither Ozawa nor his aides could be reached for comment on the searches.

Media reports say the money for the land purchase came from Ozawa and that it 
was not properly included in funding reports. Media have also raised questions 
about the original source of the money.

Analysts said if the investigation ultimately led to Ozawa being sidelined it 
would be a big blow to the Democrats' hopes of winning a majority in the upper 
house election since the party is dependent on the veteran lawmaker's 
campaigning expertise.

Ozawa's image had already been tarnished by the indictment of an aide for 
taking illegal corporate donations, prompting the political heavyweight to quit 
as party leader last May.

Hatoyama is also under a cloud over a separate political funding scandal in 
which two of his former aides were charged over falsified funding records last 
month.

But a majority of voters say Hatoyama need not resign, partly because he is not 
seen as having acted for personal gain.

Ozawa's scandal could turn away independent voters who had opted for the 
Democrats in the lower house election that brought them to power last August, 
said Yasunori Sone, professor at Tokyo's Keio University.

"In the case of Hatoyama's funding scandal, ultimately many people think that 
it was family money so ... it wasn't so wicked, but in Ozawa's case, so much is 
unknown that many people think something is wrong."

- report on business - January 14, 2010

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