Former President Kagoike of "Moritomo Gakuen" and his wife 2 referees also show their readiness to fight

Former President Kagoike of Moritomo Gakuen and his wife have begun two trials on charges of deceiving government subsidies.

The two who were convicted in the first trial showed that the second trial was also ready to fight in full.

Former president of Moritomo Gakuen, Yasunori Kagoike (68) and his wife, Ryoko (64), have subsidized 170 million yen from the national government, Osaka Prefecture, and Osaka City over the construction of elementary schools and the operation of kindergartens. He has been accused of fraud and other crimes for deceiving the remainder.

In February last year, the Osaka District Court of the first instance sentenced former President Kagoike to a prison sentence of five years in prison, and sentenced Ryoko to a suspended sentence, partly acquitted, and both the couple and the prosecution I was appealing.

On the 7th, the second trial began at the Osaka High Court, and the former president said, "This case is to hide the injustice of the prosecution that did not prosecute the allegations of the sale of state-owned land and falsification of official documents. There is a misunderstanding. "

On the other hand, the prosecution also insisted that it was wrong to acquit the prefectural and city subsidy fraud in the first instance, and conducted a cross-examination of the witnesses of the prefectural staff who testified that the prefectural defendant was involved.

Former President Kagoike "I want to make a thorough counterargument at the high court."

After the trial, Moritomo Gakuen's former president Kagoike and his wife held a press conference, and the former president said, "I still feel that we were made scapegoats to hide something big. I want to argue with you. "