The wife of a male employee of the Kinki Local Finance Bureau who committed suicide after being involved in the falsification of the approval document of the Ministry of Finance was questioned in a civil trial seeking compensation from the former director of the Finance Bureau, Sagawa. I want to know the truth of death. Mr. Sagawa wanted me to go to the court and talk to him even once, "he said.
Masako, the wife of Toshio Akagi (54 years old at the time), a Kinki Local Finance Bureau employee who committed suicide after being involved in the falsification of a decision document regarding Moritomo Gakuen, has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from former Finance Bureau Director Sagawa of the Ministry of Finance.
At the trial held at the Osaka District Court on the 27th, Masako was cross-examined by her attorney.
In this, Masako said, "My husband was involved in tampering, he began to talk about delusions and suicidal ideation, and he stopped laughing at all. It's hard to be alive. "
Also, regarding the fact that the court suddenly approved the claim and ended the trial that Masako had filed against the country in December last year, and the testimony of the parties involved in the falsification, including Mr. Sagawa, was not realized. "I want to know the truth. Mr. Sagawa wanted me to go to the court and talk to him, even once."
The trial will be completed on the 27th, and the judgment will be handed down on November 25th.
Akagi's wife "Sorry and irresistible"
Regarding the fact that all the trials were completed on the 27th, Masako said, "I filed a lawyer because I wanted to know the truth. I wondered what I was doing for the last two years, and I have no regrets because both the lawyer and I have worked so hard, but I'm sorry. " ..
Also, regarding Mr. Sagawa, who has never appeared in court, "I would like you to tell Mr. Sagawa what I talked about today about your husband and what I think through an attorney-at-law. I want you to tell me what Mr. Sagawa knows. "
Plaintiff's lawyer "Mr. Sagawa's personal responsibility Expectations for a judgment to face head-on"
Former director of the Finance Bureau, Sagawa, said in previous proceedings, "If a national government employee causes damage to another person in an act during his / her duties, the government will be liable for compensation and the individual civil servant will not be liable. And demands that the complaint be dismissed.
Regarding this, Teruyuki Ogoshi, an attorney for Masako's agent who had a meeting after the trial on the 27th, said, "Instead of quoting the Supreme Court's precedents from right to left, Mr. Sagawa personally said to the court. I would like to expect a judgment that faces the responsibility of the lawyer head-on. "