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Japan: arrest warrants for the illegal sale of helicopters

Tokyo, Japan - Impeachment for three Yamaha executives

A few days ago, three executives of Yamaha Motor Co., Kazuo Uchiyama, Takafumi Itagaki and Akihiko Suzuki, have been arrested in Japan for allegedly exporting helicopters to China without government authorization. It should be about remote-control helicopters typically used for crop-dusting. Authorities said Yamaha attempted to export one of the helicopters to a Chinese aerial photography company...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 74567
Rome, Italy, 02/28/2007 14:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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