A 76-year-old Japanese former city assemblyman was sentenced Friday to life in prison by a court in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou for smuggling drugs, his attorney said.Takuma Sakuragi, a former assemblyman in Inazawa in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, was detained by Chinese authorities in October 2013 when he was found carrying about 3.3 kilograms of illegal stimulants in his suitcase.Disheartened by Guangzhou Intermediate Court's ruling, Sakuragi intends to appeal it to a higher court within 10 days, his attorney said, adding that his client is determined to "fight to the…READ FULL ARTICLE
