Falsification of documents approved by the Ministry of Finance Osaka District Court Former Director of Finance Bureau Sagawa and others did not accept cross-examination

In a civil court in which the wife of a male employee of the Kinki Local Finance Bureau, who was involved in the falsification of the approval document of the Ministry of Finance and committed himself, said, "I want to know the truth of her husband's death," the wife side gave specific details of the falsification instructions. The former director of the Finance Bureau, Sagawa, was asked to interrogate in order to clarify the situation, but the Osaka District Court ruled that it would not be accepted on the 25th.

Masako, the wife of Toshio Akagi (54 years old at the time), an employee of the Kinki Local Finance Bureau who committed suicide after being involved in the falsification of the approval document regarding Moritomo Gakuen, has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from the former director of the Finance Bureau, Sagawa.

In this trial, Masako asked Mr. Sagawa himself, the then general affairs section manager of the Finance Bureau, and Mr. Akagi of the Kinki Local Finance Bureau to clarify the specific contents of the falsification instructions and the exchanges within the Ministry of Finance. I applied for cross-examination of 5 people including my boss.

Regarding this, at a trial held at the Osaka District Court on the 25th, Judge Akira Nakao stated that "it is possible to make a decision without cross-examination," and said that neither would be accepted.

In the civil trial filed by Masako, the trial against the country ended in December last year when the government fully accepted the claim, so Masako was the trial against Mr. Sagawa, and the party involved in the falsification was her husband. I've been asking the court to clarify how I hunted down, but it didn't happen.

Wife Masako “The light of hope for what the court is for is gone”

Masako Akagi commented that the Osaka District Court did not approve the cross-examination of Mr. Sagawa and others, "What is the court for? The light of hope has disappeared. It is a pity."

In addition, Masako's attorney Teruyuki Ogoshi said, "It will be a precedent that civil servants can escape without talking in civil courts. Disclosure of reports and administrative documents of the Ministry of Finance. It would be nice if the facts could be clarified, but it would be an unfair response if the court did not allow the inquiry. "