富士通「調査を全面支援」　下院委で幹部証言へ―英郵便冤罪事件

　【ロンドン時事】英国で多数の郵便局長らが現金を盗んだとして横領罪などで起訴された英史上最大規模の冤罪（えんざい）事件で、欠陥のある会計システムを納入した富士通は１０日、「（議会による）調査を全面的に支援する」との声明を出した。
　富士通英国法人の広報担当者は、１６日に予定されている下院ビジネス貿易委員会で幹部が証言することを確認した。ただ、出席者など詳細については回答を控えた。
　事件は１９９９～２０１５年に起きた。富士通の会計システム「ホライゾン」を導入した全国の郵便局で窓口の現金残高と会計記録が一致せず、局長ら７００人以上が詐欺や横領などの罪で起訴された。（2024/01/11-05:42）

Japanese technology giant Fujitsu Ltd. said in a statement Wednesday that it will give full support to the British parliament's probe into a case of false theft accusations against numerous post office managers in Britain that resulted from a faulty accounting system supplied by Fujitsu.
   According to a public relations official of a British unit of Fujitsu, an executive of the Japanese company will testify in Tuesday's meeting of the Business and Trade Committee of Britain's House of Commons over what has been called the largest miscarriage of justice in British legal history.
   Between 1999 and 2015, at least 700 people including post office managers were wrongly convicted on charges including fraud and embezzlement due to discrepancies between cash balances at counters and accounting records at post offices where Fujitsu's Horizon accounting system was installed.
   Although the discrepancies were later found to have resulted from a defect in the accounting system, only some of the accused have had their convictions revoked. The case has led to suicide and other problems.
   A recently aired television drama that depicted the incident helped put the miscarriage of justice back in the spotlight and bring Fujitsu under renewed fire.