Kansai Electric Power Issue Third-Party Committee Final report published in mid-March 26 February 0:36

A third-party committee investigating the issue of executives at Kansai Electric Power receiving more than 300 million yen has revealed that a report will be released in mid-March. It is expected that the number and total number of people who have received gold will increase.

Last September, it was discovered that executives at Kansai Electric Power had received more than 300 million yen in cash, gold coins, suit tailoring tickets, etc. from a former assistant in Takahama-cho, Fukui Prefecture, where the nuclear power plant is located. The chairman and others have been forced to resign.

Third-party committee made up of four people lawyers are working on the investigation of this problem is to publish the findings of the report to the prospect of mid-March, it has revealed 25 days that the press conference.

One of the focus of the investigation is when and why the relationship between Kansai Electric Power and the former assistant role began.

The committee appears to have focused on the 1980s, when it was said that former assistants had increased their influence. However, many former officials and deceased officials seemed to have gathered more testimony since the 1990s and 2000.

The number and total number of people who have received gold items is expected to be higher than the company announced.

On the other hand, President Shigeki Iwane will resign on the date of this survey. Another challenge is to assign a successor to the president and establish a compliance system.