Linear construction rigging trial Two major general contractors and a former executive accused of innocence and concluding trial September 9, 17:43
Two major general contractors and former executives, who were accused of collusion for the construction of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen, once again claimed innocence and the trial ended all hearings on the 9th.
The sentence will be handed down in March next year.
Takashi Okawa (69), who was the managing executive officer of Taisei Corporation, and Ichiro Osawa (63), who was the general manager of the civil engineering business headquarters of Kashima Construction, and two companies as corporations were JR Tokai from 2014 to the following year. At the bid for the new construction of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen station that we ordered, we alleged innocence for alleged violations of the Antimonopoly Act because we had a bid rigging such as deciding the contractor in advance.
In the previous trial, the prosecution sentenced former executives to jail for two years and fined two corporations for a fine of 300 million yen. On the 9th, the final defense of the defendant was held in the Tokyo District Court.
Former executive officer Okawa said, "The prosecution has no understanding of the particularity of this construction. We want the court to look at the technical difficulty of the construction." did.
In addition, former full-time director Osawa also insisted that he was acquitted, saying, "There were no companies that could carry out the construction with the intention of JR Tokai, and there was no competition."
The trial was completed on the 9th, and the ruling was to be handed down on March 1, next year.