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Public prosecutors won’t prosecute Katsumata of Tepco, Fukushima citizens demanded Tepco to surrender to justice

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Posted by Mochizuki on February 22nd, 2013

According to freelance journalist Tanaka, Tepco’s former chairman Katsumata will not be prosecuted due to the lack of evidence.
Plaintiffs from Fukushima surrounded public prosecutors office and Tepco and demanded Tepco to surrender.

 

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The information that Tepco’s former chairman Katsumata had a cognitive interview leaked to mass media. It seems like Tokyo district public prosecutors office is not to prosecute him for the lack of evidence. This evening, the plaintiffs from Fukushima will surround the public prosecutors- “side with the strong and crush the weak”
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「勝俣元東電会長、聴取」のリーク情報がマスコミを駆け巡る。 地検は証拠不十分などの理由で不起訴にする方針のようだ。 強きを助け、弱きをくじく検察庁をきょう夕方、福島の原告団たちが包囲する。
— 田中龍作さん (@tanakaryusaku) 2013年2月22日

 

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The plaintiffs surrounded Tokyo district public prosecutors office to demand investigation for Tepco, and then moved to Tepco, the principal offender. It’s been a while since last time over 500 Fukushima citizens protested in front of Tepco.
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捜査を進めるよう東京地検を包囲し、要請していた福島の告訴団は、主犯格の東電に移動した。500人を超す住民たちが東電前で抗議の声を上げるのは久々だ。
— 田中龍作さん (@tanakaryusaku) 2013年2月22日

 

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The situation is imminent in front of Tepco. Fukushima citizens submit the written request to demand Tepco to surrender to justice for causing Fukushima accident.
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緊迫する東電前なう。福島住民が、原発事故を起こした罪を認め自首するよう求める要請書を東電に手渡した。
— 田中龍作さん (@tanakaryusaku) 2013年2月22日

 

http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/02/public-prosecutors-wont-prosecute-katsumata-of-tepco-fukushima-citizens-demanded-tepco-to-surrender-to-justice/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FukushimaDiary+%28Fukushima+Diary%29

Tepco Chairman’s Power Poses Test for Tokyo

March 21, 2012, 1:48 p.m. ET

WSJ

Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., 9501.TO -0.49% is among the most powerful and well-connected businessmen in Japan. A former Tepco president, he essentially took control of the company last March, after dealing with the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant proved too much for then-President Masataka Shimizu.

Now, as Tepco and the government hammer out a proposal—due by month’s end—on how to rebuild the utility amid staggering costs from the nuclear accident, Mr. Katsumata is the most formidable and effective champion for keeping the company out of Tokyo’s control, government officials and others familiar with the negotiations say….”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303863404577283073123016712.html

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