was<\/a><\/em><\/strong> accused of having received more than $13,000 worth of bribes and travel expenses from online casino operator 500.com, including flying by private jet to Macau in December 2017 when he visited a casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe accusations come on top of a previously alleged $18,000 he received for giving a lecture at a symposium hosted by the firm in Okinawa in September of that year, paid to him via a consultancy company established in Tokyo by the former Policy Secretary.
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