Prosecutors demanded a four-year prison term and 11 million yen fine Wednesday for former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki for allegedly accepting 11 million yen in bribes from two Hokkaido companies.
Suzuki, 56, is charged with conspiring with his secretary, Jun Tada, to receive 6 million yen in bribes from Shimada Kensetsu, a Hokkaido construction company, in 1997, and 5 million yen in bribes from Yamarin, a Hokkaido timber company, in 1998.
Shimada Kensetsu allegedly asked Suzuki, who was a member of the Cabinet and serving as Hokkaido Development Agency chief at that time, to help it win public works orders.