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MP apologises for heckling cancer patient

 

Pro-smoking Japanese lawmaker apologizes for heckling lung cancer patient. [Photo: Courtesy]

A Japanese member of parliament apologized on Thursday for jeering a lung cancer patient testifying about the dangers of secondhand smoke, saying he had spoken out to prevent discrimination against smokers.

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