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Japan's Mitsubishi Fuso to brief on new recall

TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp said on Thursday it would hold a news conference later in the day on a new recall and other matters.

Media had reported that the truck maker would issue another recall after it was found that a faulty clutch-related part in one of its trucks caused a fatal accident in 2002.

The news conference is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (0530 GMT).

The unlisted truck maker is owned 65 percent by DaimlerChrysler AG and 20 percent by Mitsubishi Motors Corp (MMC) and was a division of Mitsubishi Motors until being spun off in January 2003.

The news follows the arrest of seven former Mitsubishi Motors executives this month on suspicion of mishandling a truck defect that killed a woman.

In that case, it admitted in March that a design defect in the wheel hub had been responsible for the accident, reversing earlier claims that improper maintenance was to blame. It issued a recall of 112,000 trucks in Japan.