Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Monday for lawmaker Muneo Suzuki for allegedly taking a 5 million yen bribe from a Hokkaido lumber firm in 1998.
The prosecutors sought the warrant from the Tokyo District Court, which then initiated procedures to obtain the Diet's permission to arrest Suzuki.
Later in the day, the Lower House steering committee decided to hold a plenary session vote on the case on Wednesday afternoon.
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