TOKYO — Two former employees Mitsubishi of the engines were found guiltily by the neglect of the professional duty to exercise diligence Thursday in the death of a pedestrian, who was crushed by a wheel, which falls away from a truck, which was more automaker recalled later by the Japanese.
Yokohama district court shifted 61 and Hirotoshi Miki, 59 for three years, which the 1 prison 1/2-year for Hiroshi Murakawa designates. Both had supervised quality control at Mitsubishi engine the Corp. The shifted sentence means do not have they the prison designations to serve.
Their attempt rotated around January 2002 death from then 29-year-old Shiho Okamoto, a housewife, who went on a sidewalk with its two children, when she was crushed to death by a wheel, which destaged one Mitsubishi truck. Their two boys were hurt.
Tokyo created Mitsubishi engines and its truck unit, which have, since confessed to a different company, became in a scandal soiled, which emerged first in 2000 surplus systematic hiding of the defects for decades. automaker reminded of millions carrier _ some Modelle repeats for repeated problems.
Although the manufacturer promised that never again cover cover ups he happens, confirmed 2004 that he did not come cleanly 2000, and continued, more carrier to recall.
Under the defects, the recalls erFordern, were parts, which attach the wheel to the Truck Modell in the accident 2002. They included also brake systems and other crucial parts.
Mitsubishi drives mentioned it anpackte seriously observance mass.
“we pray for the soul of the person, who died and from the lower surface of our hearts for its family apologized,” it said in a statement.
Ideas of the consumer rights and korporative responsibility are in Japan, a conformalist, harmony-affectionate society relatively again, in the conflicts to be avoided and frequently settled behind the scenes.
Zuverlaesslichkeit of product law of Japan was discharged first only 1994, and damage suits are relatively rare. Companies are angeFordert rarely to pay more than an illusory quantity. Even if of the criminal passing, becomes main leader of the companies transfers generally mild sentences without prison designations handed over.
In December three former Mitsubishi main leaders and the company were acquitted of the neglect of the professional duty to exercise diligence loadings.
Pursuers could not have done it from falsifying of notices of loss over wheel parts and from corrective measures seize to avoid carrier recalls accused of. The three main leaders had not pleaded guilty during the attempt, which began 2004.
Company investigation in 2004 found the fact that more than 150 defects in trucks and was transported hidden since 1989, many of them repaired secretly without recalls, although the defects in more than 100 accidents were assumed. Employees had the reports over carrier problems in a company safe-deposit box, and notices of loss away the consumer systematically hid themselves production by the government examiners aside.
Nut/mother Yoko Masuda Okamotos fought, which it is abuse of the consumers by arranging Fordernde damages of a civil process by Mitsubishi the engines says. Last year, Mitsubishi engines order to pay 5,5 million Yen or approximately $49.000.
Masuda complained also the government and did not accuse it of from not can supervise more truckmaker correctly. This part of the process became to dismiss.
Former Mitsubishi employees are tried also in a different accident 2002 in southwest Japan, in which a driver, which was died, if the brakes, which will leave on one Mitsubishi, exchange and it collided.
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & bus Corp., 85 per cent, which is possessed by Daimler AG of Germany, and Mitsubishi engines to have repeats itself for the scandal and the deaths apologetic. Sales Mitsubishi of the carriers dipped into Japan after the scandal, but sales recovered in the last years.
Daimler terminated its alliance with Mitsubishi engines, after losses in the balloon ascended, the scandals following.
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