Abe's office may have disposed of receipts for hotel functions

The office of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is suspected of discarding receipts issued by Tokyo hotels that may have showed it covered part of the costs for dinner functions held for supporters, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.Prosecutors, who are investigating the case as a possible violation of the political funds control law, have also found that the amount covered totaled more than 9 million yen ($86,000) over a five-year period through last year, the sources said.The scandal could deal a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who served as chief Cabinet secretary under Ab…READ FULL ARTICLE