LDP heavyweights urged to speak as sworn witnesses over funds scandal

Japan's opposition bloc on Monday urged heavyweights of the Liberal Democratic Party to testify as sworn witnesses in parliament as part of investigations into a political funds scandal that has significantly eroded public trust in the ruling LDP.At a House of Representatives ethics committee session, Hakubun Shimomura, a key lawmaker of the LDP's biggest faction, said he was not aware when the group began handing portions of its fundraising party revenue back to its members, regarded as a slush fund for them.Other major members of the faction at the center of the scandal, formerly led by t…READ FULL ARTICLE