Labornet Japan is a network of citizens, unionists, activists, scholars and others from all walks of life to share information especially about rights and struggles in and outside of Japan. Established in 2001, the group now has more than 600 members, and the membership is growing. The English site introduces some reports shared on Labornet Japan website and other sources outside of Japan.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Masao Yamazaki: Protest to ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict of Former JR West President
Kobe District Court handed down a not-guilty verdict on Jan. 11 to former JR West president, Masao Yamazaki, who was accused of involuntary manslaughter of 107 passengers by derailing JR Fukuchiyama Line on April 25, 2005. The group to research safety issues (of railways) protests to the verdict, which has concealed every corporate crime by buttering up the government-run businesses. The verdict is drawn based on so many misunderstandings of facts, but the most serious misunderstanding is that the court pardoned JR West because the company was not required to equip the trains with ATS (Automatic Train Stop) at the time of the accident. As the group illustrates from its own investigation, the then-Transportation Ministry required all private railway companies to equip their trains with ATS in 1967. Since then, major private railway companies have completed ATS set-up. (Kurogane Ko, Group to research safety issues)
山崎正夫・JR西日本前社長への「無罪」判決に抗議する
2005年4月25日、JR福知山線で快速列車が脱線・転覆、107名が死亡した尼崎事故に関し、2012年1月11日、神戸地裁は、業務上過失致死傷罪で起訴されていた山崎正夫被告(JR西日本前社長)に無罪の判決を言い渡した。安全問題研究会は、国策企業におもねり、企業犯罪をことごとく免罪にしてきたこれまでの日本の恥ずべき歴史を上塗りするこの判決に強く抗議する。判決には数え上げればきりがないほどの事実誤認があるが、最も深刻なあやまりは、事故当時、速度照査型ATSの設置義務がなかったことを理由にJR西日本の犯罪を免責したことにある。当研究会がすでに独自調査で明らかにしているように、速度照査型ATSは1967年の運輸省通達で私鉄に対して設置が義務づけられ、大手私鉄ではこの間、速度照査型ATSの整備が完了した。(安全問題研究会・黒鉄好)
No comments:
Post a Comment