Peruvian gov't urged to demand Fujimori's extradition from Japan

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Peruvian gov't urged to demand Fujimori's extradition from Japan

A Peruvian official on Wednesday urged the government to demand an immediate answer from Japanese authorities to the extradition request on former president Alberto Fujimori.

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A Peruvian official on Wednesday urged the government to demand an immediate answer from Japanese authorities to the extradition request on former president Alberto Fujimori.

"As a country, we must ask the Japanese authorities to immediately pronounce on the subject of the extradition," Luis Vargas, special attorney for corruption, told the press.

"It is clear for us that Japanese authorities seek to win time because they fear to end in The Hague's International Court of Justice," he added.

Vargas said that since the request was submitted a year ago, the Japanese government should hand down an official answer as soon as possible.

He stressed that Japan feared international public opinion depicting it as protecting a man accused of crimes like violation of human rights.

"If Japan decides to maintain Fujimori in its territory appealing to his Japanese nationality, it would be covering up a person charged with violation of human rights and that would damage this country's international image," he added.

Meanwhile, at the forum Justice Now held in Lima, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon recommended to take the extradition demand to the international court.

He indicated that Fujimori was not an ordinary citizen but a former president and thus it was liable to submit his case to the international court.

Fujimori, 65, accused of involving in a string of scandals, left Peru in November 2000 when he was attending an international conference. He has since been staying in Japan because he also holds Japanese citizenship.

Fujimori was deprived of presidency and has been wanted by the Peruvian Supreme Court on charges of authorizing the military's massacre of 25 people in 1991-1992, embezzlement of public funds and dereliction of duty.

Peru is seeking his extradition from Japan, but Japan has refused, saying its law prohibits its citizens from being tried inanother country.

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