Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie was back in the media spotlight Thursday, drawing a parallel between what he said was the unfair treatment he received from prosecutors and the recent indictment of a top aide to Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa.

"My life has been something of a roller coaster," Horie said in English to the audience at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. "I never imagined that I would be addressing you as a criminal defendant."

Horie previously addressed the club as CEO of Internet service provider Livedoor and then as a candidate in the 2005 Lower House election, in which he failed to win a seat.