Sekiden chairman and other 20 people totaling more than 300 million yen from nuclear power plant “powerful” September 27 16:27
Kansai Electric Power's President Shigeki Iwane held a press conference on the 27th, and 20 people, including the chairman and president, from senior assistants in Takahama-cho, Fukui where the nuclear power plant of Kansai Electric Power is received, received a large amount of money , It was revealed that the total amount is equivalent to 320 million yen.
Kansai Electric Power President Iwane held a press conference at the headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka on the 27th. At the beginning, “I would like to apologize and deeply apologize for the people concerned and society.”
On top of that, 20 executives and employees such as Mr. Makoto Yagi and others received the equivalent of 320 million yen in total goods and money from the former assistant Eiji Moriyama of Takahama Town where the Kansai Electric Power plant is located. Revealed.
The receipt of a large amount of money was pointed out in the tax examination of the Kanazawa National Tax Agency last year, after which part or all was returned and the income tax was revised.
President Iwane said, “I am a local prominent person and have been taken care of from the viewpoint of local administration.
Former assistant Moriyama died at the age of 90 in March, but according to the person concerned, a tax investigation of the National Tax Agency received a commission related to the order from the local construction company that the former assistant contracted the nuclear power plant-related construction, It turned out that a part of this was handed over to the executives of Kansai Electric Power.
In this regard, President Iwane said that Kansai Electric Power did not recognize that the money paid for the work had returned, and in an internal survey, he stressed that there was no problem with the construction ordering process with the construction company.
After that, he said, “It was inappropriate but not illegal, so we decided not to make it public within the company.”
What I received and what I dismissed
President Iwane said, “I met in the form of the president ’s inauguration and received my baggage at the end. I did n’t look at what I received, but kept it in a safe. It was expensive, not cash, ”and explained that it was temporarily received.
“As a result of internal surveys, no cases were transferred to personal accounts.
However, I did not clarify what I received including myself, as it was related to individuals.
It has already been done in-house disposal, including reduction of remuneration, including the chairman and president, but this also did not explain the details.
Mr. Iwane stated that he would like to move forward and back, saying, “I would like to take the leadership and make sure to implement measures to prevent recurrence.”
Explaining the facts to METI Kanden
Kansai Electric Power's executive officer Satoshi Tsukiyama visited the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on the 27th and met with the Director of Electricity and Gas Division of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy to explain the fact that he received a lot of money.
Mr. Tsukiyama, who finished the explanation, told reporters, “The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry was just listening to the summary report. I hope that the appropriate person will come to a detailed explanation including the facts. I have just received instructions. "