Chirac denies claims of £30m paid into secret Japanese bank account By Colin Randall in Paris (Filed: 10/05/2006) President Jacques Chirac took the exceptional step last night of denying allegations that he had a secret Japanese bank account into which £30 million had been paid over a number of years. Mr Chirac, who rarely responds to allegations questioning his financial propriety, "categorically" rejected the suggestion in the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchainé that he had ever possessed such an account. A French intelligence chief, Gen Philippe Rondot, was alleged to have told investigating judges that the large amounts were paid...
