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東大院元教授に有罪 共同研究巡り高額接待―東京地裁
東京地裁、東京都千代田区東京大大学院での共同研究を巡る汚職事件で、収賄罪に問われた元教授佐藤伸一被告、懲戒解雇、の判決が22日、東京地裁であった。 Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a former University of Tokyo professor to two years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined him about 1.83 million yen for accepting bribes over a joint research project at the university's graduate school.
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