Taipei, May 10 (CNA) Prosecutors appealed Thursday against a court decision to convict Taiwanese-Japanese actress Makiyo and her Japanese friend Takateru Tomoyori on a lesser charge of "inflicting bodily harm" in a recent assault on a taxi driver rather than the more serious charge of "inflicting serious bodily harm."

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