A woman who allegedly lent her name to a former lawmaker to be fraudulently registered for monetary gain has said she never went to the politician's office or advised her by phone, as has been claimed, sources said Thursday.
Yoshie Sasaki, who was registered as a policy secretary for former House of Representatives lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto, made the statement to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office, the sources said.
This would contradict Tsujimoto's Diet testimony that her female aides had actually worked for her.
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