Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori waves to the media as he arrives in court for the sentencing in his trial on charges of embezzling state funds to manipulate the media during his tenure as president, in Lima January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil
LIMA (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, in jail for human rights abuses, was handed a new eight-year prison sentence on Thursday for siphoning public funds to help finance his re-election in 2000.
A panel of judges in Lima ruled that Fujimori, 76, diverted funds from the military to pay for favourable coverage in tabloid newspapers to promote his bid for a second presidential term.
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