The Tokyo District Court totaled more than 11 million yen for the president of a company in Yokohama City, who was arrested and charged for illegally exporting precision equipment that can be used for military purposes, and the charges were canceled just before the first trial. Decided to pay criminal compensation.
Three executives, including Masaaki Okawara, president of Okawara Kakoki, a chemical machinery manufacturer in Yokohama, were arrested last year for illegally exporting equipment whose exports are restricted because they may be used in the manufacture of biological weapons.・ Although the indictment was filed, a re-investigation after the indictment revealed that the equipment may not be subject to regulation, and the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office canceled the indictment in July, just before the first trial. rice field.
Of the three, the male adviser died of illness during detention.
Following the cancellation of the indictment, Kiichi Hiraide, the judge of the Tokyo District Court, decided on the 7th, "Even if the trial continues with the contents of the indictment, it is recognized that he was acquitted," and two people including the president. As a criminal compensation for the period of being arrested and detained by the bereaved family of the adviser's man, we decided to pay 12,500 yen per person per day, which is the upper limit stipulated by law as requested, totaling more than 11 million yen.
Okawara Kakoki commented, "I would like to evaluate the fact that the innocence of the three people was officially recognized by the decision."
The company and the president have filed a lawsuit seeking compensation of more than 565 million yen from the government and Tokyo, claiming that it was an "injustice investigation."