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Nishimura lawyer scandal trial opens

Shingo Nishimura、a former DPJ member and lawyer

Shingo Nishimura, the ultraconservative Diet member arrested last year for allowing a nonlawyer employee to illegally represent clients in his name, formally admitted the charges as his Osaka District Court trial opened March 9.

Nishimura, a former Democratic Party of Japan member and lawyer, was charged in December with allowing Koji Suzuki, 52, a former employee, to practice law without a license. Suzuki worked for Nishimura between 1995 and 2000.

Nishimura has also been charged with violating the Organized Crime Offenses Law by pocketing a portion of the fees Suzuki collected from out-of-court settlements over traffic accidents. Between 1998 and 2004, even after Suzuki had been fired, Nishimura received an estimated ¥34 million.

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