Peru's opposition leader Keiko Fujimori in custody again

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Keiko Fujimori rejects the accusations as politically motivated

Peru's opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has returned to prison for a new 15-month pre-trial term amid ongoing investigations into accusations of corruption and money laundering.

Ms Fujimori has already spent 13 months in jail but Peru's top constitutional court ordered her release in November.

Prosecutors appealed, and a judge ordered her return to prison saying she might interfere with the investigation.

She denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are politically motivated.

Ms Fujimori, 44, has been accused of taking $1.2m (£940,000) in illegal campaign financing from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in 2011. But she has not been officially charged.

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