Fujimori under house arrest in Chile

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SANTIAGO, Chile (CNN) -- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was placed under house arrest Friday after a Chilean prosecutor recommended he be extradited to Peru to face charges of human rights abuses and corruption.

Chile's Supreme Court has yet to rule on the recommendation.

Peru alleges Fujimori, 68, ordered death squads and participated in acts of government corruption. He has denied all the allegations, calling them politically motivated.

Fujimori arrived in Chile in 2005, in what some saw as a possible attempt to return to Peru and seek office there in 2006. He was placed under house arrest for six months in Chile, but authorities lifted the restriction last year on the condition he not leave the country. He lives in an exclusive neighborhood in a Santiago suburb.

Fujimori had served as president for 10 years when in 2000 he fled to Japan, where he holds dual citizenship. He attempted to resign from the presidency by fax, but Peru's Congress refused to accept it, declaring him morally unfit to govern.

Japan refused to honor Peru's request to return him for trial, saying its nationals should be subject to Japanese law and pointing out the lack of an extradition treaty between the two countries.

[Takechanpoo]

This dude is fake son of Chrysanthemum only wearing yellow skin.
I never allow any dude who cant speak Japanese to be Japanese.
nothing but south american.

[CrankyBastard]

This dude is fake son of Chrysanthemum only wearing yellow skin.
I never allow any dude who cant speak Japanese to be Japanese.
nothing but south american.

before saying like that impertinently, wash your smelly mouth every day, asshole.
and dont leave japan to scatter HIV, asshole.

[Tsuru]

This dude is fake son of Chrysanthemum only wearing yellow skin.
I never allow any dude who cant speak Japanese to be Japanese.
nothing but south american.

Even the Peruvians who still support him say he's Japanese.

[kamome]

This dude is fake son of Chrysanthemum only wearing yellow skin.
I never allow any dude who cant speak Japanese to be Japanese.
nothing but south american.

I believe he does speak Japanese. I've met his son, who certainly does speak Japanese.

[Charles]

This dude is fake son of Chrysanthemum only wearing yellow skin.
I never allow any dude who cant speak Japanese to be Japanese.

That cuts both ways. Some people think that people who learned to speak English cannot be Japanese.

[Captain Japan]

This dude is fake son of Chrysanthemum only wearing yellow skin.
I never allow any dude who cant speak Japanese to be Japanese.
nothing but south american.

Ex-Peruvian President Fujimori tapped to run in Japan election
Kyodo

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, under house arrest in Chile and facing the possibility of extradition to Peru, has been tapped by a minor Japanese opposition party to run in the upcoming House of Councillors election, party sources said Monday. Fujimori, 68, has apparently given no clear-cut reply on the offer from Japan's People's New Party, which plans to continue trying to persuade him to run, the sources said. If Fujimori declares his candidacy, it is believed he will be the first former leader of a country other than Japan to run in a Japanese national election.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I believe he does speak Japanese. I've met his son, who certainly does speak Japanese.

I can confirm that his son does indeed speak Japanese. Not sure about dad though.

[Captain Japan]

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Fujimori announces candidacy in Japan election
Kyodo/Japan Today
...The announcement sparked speculation that Fujimori decided to run for office as a maneuver to avoid trial for crimes allegedly committed while he was Peru's president, since he could qualify for immunity from prosecution....

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Lima, PERU: A man wearing a mask depicting Peruvian former president Alberto Fujimori, simulates to escape from a cage during a demonstration against the former head of state, in front of the Chilean embassy in Lima, 27 June 2007. ...more on http://legacyeditorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=74934485&cdi=0

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Judge blocks Fujimori extradition

A Chilean judge has ruled Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori should not be extradited to Peru.

Mr Fujimori has been accused of human rights violations and corruption by Peru's prosecutors, but the judge said the evidence was not strong enough.

Peru's government immediately said it would appeal against the judge's decision, which also has to be confirmed by Chile's Supreme Court.

Mr Fujimori, the son of Japanese emigres to Peru, welcomed the decision.

He denies all the charges against him.

The judge, Orlando Alvarez, said the evidence presented by the Peruvian authorities was unconvincing.

On the most serious charges - of sanctioning extra-judicial killings, the judge said "it was not proved that Mr Fujimori ordered or had even the least knowledge beforehand of the killings".

'Mutual interest'

President of Peru from 1990 to 2000, Mr Fujimori was praised for reviving the country's collapsing economy and curbing political violence.

But critics accuse him of crushing Peru's democratic institutions and committing human rights abuses.

A lawyer for Peru's government, Alfredo Etcheverry, expressed surprise at the decision.

"I do... think there has been a very regrettable administrative mistake, because it has manifested itself in a case this important and that had so much publicity," he said.

But Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said the ruling would not affect relations with Peru as the two countries were united "by an agenda of co-operation and mutual interest".

In 2000 Mr Fujimori became engulfed in a bribery scandal and fled to Japan, where he had been praised for his handling of a 1996-97 Japanese embassy hostage crisis.

Japan repeatedly refused efforts by the Peruvian government to extradite him on charges that included directing death squads, illegal phone tapping and corruption.

But in November 2005 he returned to Chile, hoping to launch a new bid for the Peruvian presidency in 2006 elections, only to be arrested on the request of the Peruvian authorities.

He recently announced his intention to run in this month's Japanese Senate elections, a move his critics said was a ploy to avoid extradition from Chile.