日立造船の供託金受領請求へ　元徴用工訴訟で原告側―韓国

　【ソウル時事】韓国人元徴用工が日立造船に損害賠償を求め、韓国最高裁で２８日に同社の敗訴が確定した訴訟で、聯合ニュースは２９日、原告側弁護士が、日立造船が過去に預けた供託金を受領請求する手続きに入ると伝えた。徴用を巡る一連の訴訟で日本企業の資金が原告側に渡ったケースはなく、実現すれば初となる。
　聯合によると、日立造船は２０１９年の二審敗訴を受け、韓国内の資産の差し押さえを防ぐために６０００万ウォン（約６５０万円）を裁判所に供託していた。ただ、日立造船側が供託金の回収を請求するなどの方法で不服を申し立てる可能性もあると報じている。（2023/12/29-23:33）

An attorney for a South Korean wartime laborer who won a damages lawsuit against Hitachi Zosen Corp. is set to start procedures to seek the receipt of funds the major Japanese heavy machinery maker deposited with a court in the past, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Friday.
   There has been no case in which funds of any Japanese company targeted in a series of damages lawsuits filed over wartime labor were transferred to a South Korean plaintiff.
   On Thursday, South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that ordered Hitachi Zosen to pay damages to the plaintiff, who claims to have been forced to work for the company during World War II. The ruling thus became final.
   Hitachi Zosen deposited 60 million won, or about 6.5 million yen, with a court to prevent its assets in South Korea from being seized, after a South Korean high court ruled against the company in 2019 in the damages lawsuit, according to Yonhap.
   The news agency reported that Hitachi Zosen may file a complaint against the move by the plaintiff's side, by seeking the return of the deposits.