In 2000, Peru's president was removed from office via a fax sent from Japan
Facing a massive corruption scandal and a collapsing government, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori fled to his ancestral home of Japan and attempted to resign from office via a long-distance fax.
In November 2000, Alberto Fujimori stunned the world by faxing his resignation from a hotel in Tokyo. After a decade of polarizing rule, his administration had been rocked by a bribery scandal involving his intelligence chief. Fearing prosecution, he used an official visit to an international summit as a cover to flee the country.
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