Prosecutors on Wednesday summarily indicted on a charge of breaking immigration law a Bangladeshi businessman who was arrested in connection with the allegedly illegal stay in Japan of a senior member of a group related to the Al-Qaida terrorist network. Islam Mohamed Himu, 33, from Toda, Saitama Prefecture, and his communications-related firm Ryo International were indicted by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and ordered to pay 300,000 yen by the Tokyo Summary Court for employing Himu’s younger brother and another illegal foreign resident between about August 2001 and May this year, in violation of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law. Himu, who was released after paying the fine, was arrested in June in connection with the investigation into the activities of Lionel Dumont, 33, a French citizen who lived in Niigata and is believed to have been trying to build a support network for Al-Qaida in Japan.
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