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Ex-city board members convicted over fatal swimming pool accident

Tuesday 27th May, 02:32 PM JST

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  • romulus3 at 05:57 PM JST - 27th May

    its the same as they had no punishment

  • lipscombe at 09:29 PM JST - 27th May

    scot free

  • TPOJ at 10:42 PM JST - 27th May

    I'm probably missing something here, but why would there be CRIMINAL proceedings against government employees for trusting the care to a private company?

    I understand that safety is their job, and I'm not suggesting they don't get fired, heavily reprimanded, or whatever, but are they going after the company that was hired? Y'know, the people who were directly negligent, who were paid to do the actual maintenance? Obviously these two are guilty of not policing the job, and I'm aware of the tradition of higher ups resigning over their subordinates' mistakes, but it seems strange to me that they'd actually be taken to court over it. Is there something missing in the article?

  • romulus3 at 10:55 PM JST - 27th May

    TPOJ

    * I understand that safety is their job, and I'm not suggesting they don't get fired, heavily reprimanded, or whatever, but are they going after the company that was hired? Y'know, the people who were directly negligent, who were paid to do the actual maintenance?*

    well lets face it and assume that no one was hired except 19 year old col ledge students working at soapland

  • pizzaboy at 02:13 PM JST - 28th May

    "1 year and 6 months in prison suspended for 3 years..."

    what does that mean?

  • romulus3 at 06:28 PM JST - 28th May

    pizza,

    it means that they could be called up anytime in the next 3 years to serve their sentence if they are found to be misbehaving.

  • KaptainKichigai at 08:41 PM JST - 28th May

    is there civil court in japan for wrongful death?

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