AFP, LIMAPeruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori was on Friday released from prison after spending 13 months in pretrial detention in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Her American husband, Mark Vito, had been on hunger strike outside his wife’s prison on the outskirts of Lima to press for her release. Once Peru’s most popular politician, Keiko Fujimori theoretically now has time to campaign for presidential elections set for July 2021. She is accused of accepting US$1.2 million in illicit party funding for her 2011 election campaign as leader of the right-wing Popular Force party. Odebrecht has admitted to paying at least US$29 million to Peruvian officials since 2004 and bribing four former Peruvian presidents.

Source: Taipei Times November 30, 2019 16:07 UTC