On the evening of the 21st, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry called Kansai Electric Power President Nozomu Mori and issued an emergency order to comply with the law, due to the problem that Kansai Electric Power employees illegally browsed the customer information of competitors owned by a subsidiary. rice field.
In the three years from November 2019 to December last year, a total of more than 1,600 employees at Kansai Electric Power illegally browsed about 150,000 customer information of competitors owned by Kansai Electric Power Transmission and Distribution, a subsidiary, and conducted sales activities. It is clear that it was used for activities.
Three years ago, in March 2020, Kansai Electric Power Co. received a business improvement order from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry due to the problem that former executives received a large amount of money and goods from the former deputy mayor of Takahama Town, Fukui Prefecture, where the nuclear power plant is located. increase.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has issued an emergency directive after taking a serious look at the series of scandals that have questioned the company's legal compliance system.