A designated lawyer submitted a document summarizing the reasons for appeal to the Tokyo High Court at the TEPCO trial September 11, 17:50
A designated lawyer acting as a public prosecutor who appealed the acquittal in the trial of three former TEPCO executives who were forcibly charged with the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the reason for appealing to the second trial I submitted a document summarizing the above to the court.
The designated lawyer claims that "1 The fundamental error in the trial decision is that it denied the credibility of the country's view of the tsunami."
Former Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (80) of TEPCO and three others have been acquitted by being forcibly charged by a resolution of the prosecution examination committee over the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
In September last year, the Tokyo District Court of the first instance acquitted all three people, saying that "it was not recognized that there was a possibility of predicting the occurrence of a huge tsunami," and a designated lawyer acting as a public prosecutor appealed. did.
Shortly after the ruling, the designated lawyer submitted a document summarizing the reasons for the appeal to the Tokyo High Court on the 11th.
According to it, "1 The basic error of the trial decision is that it denied the reliability of the national tsunami view" long-term evaluation ", which is a major premise of tsunami countermeasures. It is said that an accident should not occur by any chance. It goes against the conventional wisdom. "
It is expected that the same five lawyers as the first trial will serve as designated lawyers in the second trial, and according to the Tokyo High Court, the trial schedule has not yet been decided.