Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Thursday warned former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori that he could be deported if his Japanese election candidacy violates Chilean law, according to dpa. Fujimori is under house arrest in Chile pending a court decision on whether he will be extradited to Peru. "Former president Fujimori is at home, awaiting (the decision) by Chilean Justice, and if ever immigration authorities consider that he is not abiding by the law, measures will be taken," Bachelet told reporters. Fujimori, 68, a Peruvian of Japanese descent who holds dual citizenship, is wanted in Peru on human-rights abuses, murder and corruption during his 1990-2000 term in office. He fled to Japan to escape a corruption scandal that included bribes to legislators and faxed his resignation as president from Japan. He was arrested by Chilean authorities in November 2005, after flying to Chile as a possible stepping-stone for a new presidential run in Peru. Bachelet denied that relations between Chile and Japan have been affected by Fujimori's arrest. Chilean law does allow legal immunity for public officials, not even the country' president. The Chilean Foreign Ministry has said that Fujimori will continue to have no immunity if he is elected Japanese senator in the July 29 parliamentary election. Fujimori himself has told Japanese media that his candidacy is not aimed at escaping the Chilean courts, whose decision on extradition is expected in late July. The former Peruvian president was asked to join the small People's New Party to run in Japan's upper house election.
