Osamu Tsutsumi, a University of Tokyo professor who served as the primary physician for Crown Princess Masako until June, may face further penalties because a university panel found that he made a false application for 20 million yen in donations, according to sources.
Tsutsumi was suspended by the university for one month in June for embezzling subsidies, in which he and his research group diverted 16.4 million yen from some 22.5 million yen in research subsidies over a five-year period to fiscal 2002.
In light of the new findings, the university plans to consider a further penalty for Tsutsumi after professors at the medical faculty meet Wednesday, the sources said.
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