Jan 21 (Japan Times) - Former House of Councillors lawmaker Anri Kawai was taken to a hospital in Tokyo by an ambulance after overdosing on sleeping pills on Thursday, police sources said Friday.
Kawai, 48, is not in a life-threatening condition, according to the sources.
The Metropolitan Police Department received an emergency call in the evening from a relative of Kawai who claimed to have been told “goodbye” from her over the phone. Police officers then found the former lawmaker in a stupor at her home.
Kawai was found guilty by the Tokyo District Court of buying votes for herself in the 2019 Upper House election in violation of the public offices election law. In the election, she had won a seat from the Hiroshima prefectural constituency.
Source: ANNnewsCH