A former Kansai Electric (KEPCO) executive came forward to admit the nuclear company giving huge amounts of secret cash to prime ministers and government officials. ministers had been receiving about 20 million yen a year for about 18 years while he was involved. The delivered was money secret cash to the government officials. This was funded ultimately consumers who paid “donations” through higher bills. Chubu Electric had a 250 million dollar slush fund to politicians. The funds ultimately paid by through inflated billing for projects that were passed on in power bills. The KEPCO executive admitted that the cash was handed out based on the politicians assistance to the nuclear industry. This may explain why so many politicians supported nuclear power even in the face of public opposition. These secret cash payments are bribes by the dictionary definition.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:19:40 +0000
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