Japanese PM sued over rape allegations - Koizumi

[dArKeR]

Tokyo - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday admitted he was being sued over rape allegations published by a tabloid magazine, but dismissed the accusation as totally false.

"It really staggers me that someone filed such a false suit," Koizumi told a parliamentary committee after an opposition lawmaker brought up Internet chat about the suit and other rape speculation on a bulletin board website in questions.

A Tokyo resident who identified himself as Aiji Kimura said on his website he had lodged the civil suit against Koizumi with the Tokyo district court on March 30, questioning his fitness to be prime minister.

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[chimpy the poopthrower]

1. weird story

It's not the alleged victim doing the suing but just some guy who read the allegations in a tabloid?