関電、旧経営陣５人を提訴へ　損害賠償１９億円超―金品受領問題

　関西電力は１５日、金品受領問題をめぐり、八木誠前会長ら旧経営陣５人を相手取り、計１９億３６００万円の損害賠償を求めて大阪地裁に提訴すると発表した。同日の臨時監査役会で決めた。金品受領問題は旧経営陣の責任を法廷で追及する事態に発展した。
　提訴の対象は、八木氏のほか、岩根茂樹前社長、森詳介元会長、豊松秀己元副社長、白井良平元取締役。５人は取締役としての注意義務を怠り、営業上の損失などを発生させ、会社に損害を与えたと判断した。一部の損害額は算定中で、請求額を増額することもあり得るという。

　関電の八嶋康博監査役は１５日、「元経営トップを含む旧取締役らに対して、損害賠償請求訴訟を提起する事態に至り、改めて深くおわび申し上げる」との談話を発表した。関電は、週内にも提訴する方針。
　関電は株主からの提訴請求などを受け、社外の弁護士で構成する「取締役責任調査委員会」（委員長＝才口千晴元最高裁判事）を３月末に設置。現旧取締役が関電に対する損害賠償責任を負うか調査し、八木、岩根、森、豊松、白井の５氏に法的責任を認定した。関電の監査役は今月８日、調査委の報告書を受け取り、現旧取締役への提訴の要否を検討してきた。（2020/06/15-21:30）

Kansai Electric Power Co. decided Monday to sue former Chairman Makoto Yagi and four other former executives for damages of 1,936 million yen over a high-profile gift scandal.
   The company plans to file the lawsuit against the five, also including former President Shigeki Iwane, former Chairman Shosuke Mori, former Executive Vice President Hideki Toyomatsu and former director Ryohei Shirai, with Osaka District Court as early as this week.
   The decision was made at an extraordinary auditor meeting on the day, following an investigation into the scandal by a panel of outside lawyers, which was set up by the company in late March in response to shareholder requests for a lawsuit against those involved.
   Meanwhile, the company will stop short of suing former and current auditors over the matter.
   In the scandal, former and current Kansai Electric executives received a total of 360 million yen's worth of gifts from a former deputy mayor of the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, which hosts a nuclear power station of the company. Kansai Electric has treated favorably firms linked to the former deputy mayor, including in its procurement.