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Prosecutors call for French minister Dati to stand trial

Call comes after probe into the consulting fees culture minister Rachida Dati once received from the Renault-Nissan auto alliance.  

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The French prosecutor's office for financial crimes has requested former automobile executive Carlos Ghosn and French culture minister Rachida Dati stand trial following its probe into corruption, a judicial source said on Friday, reports The Japan Times.

A judge must make a decision on the request.

Investigators had been probing the consulting fees Dati once received from the Renault-Nissan auto alliance. The alliance had hired Dati as a consultant after she stepped down as justice minister to stand for the European Parliament.

Dati has denied irregularities in the fees she received during that time and Ghosn, who fled from Japan in a box aboard a private jet to Lebanon, has denied allegations of misconduct against him. 

Read more of this report from The Japan Times.