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Court Finds Mitsubishi

Jennifer NewsDiscover.com on 14 July, 2008 13:26:00 | 53 times read
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A Japanese court found Mitsubishi Motors and three former executives guilty falsifying. The Tokyo High Court throw out a lower court decision in December 2006 that acquitte three people, including Takashi Usa -

mi, former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp., the automaker's truck division at that time.

At the center of the trial was whether the executives try to hide a wheel defect suspected of being link to the February 2002 accident. Shiho Okamoto, 29, was killed when a wheel roll off a Mitsubishi truck and crush her. Her two children were also injured in the accident.

Tuesday ago was ruling slapped a 200,000 yen ($1,900) fine each defendant, the maximum penalty for charge under Japane - se law. Mitsubishi Motors said it accepted the ruling.

"We will do our utmost to regain consumer trust," the Tokyo-based automaker said in a statement. The former executives did not immediately comment on the ruling. Mitsubishi Motors stock drop in morning trading Tuesday - to 182 yen ($1.7), down 1.1 percent.

 

 

Jennifer Novianti Andoko - Yogyakarta

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