The biggest false accusation case in British history caused by Fujitsu's accounting system There are also voices calling for a replacement of 157 billion yen borne by the British government
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108 comments 108The accounting system "Horizon" developed by Fujitsu caused the biggest false accusation case in British history, Toru Hanai-REUTERS.
[From London] The hearing of the largest false accusation case in British history has begun, in which nearly 700 quasi-postmasters were charged with unfamiliar charges due to a defect in Fujitsu's accounting system "Horizon." More than 20 years have passed and 33 people, including suicides, have passed away without waiting for justice, according to the British popular newspaper Daily Mail. [Masato Kimura (international journalist)] [Video] A Dutch reporter on live broadcast at the Beijing Olympics borrowed money to fill the shortage of a branch account by Horizon, who was taken to a "security guard", or lost his job and fell into the homeless. There is a former director who did. In some cases, they were imprisoned during pregnancy, their marriage collapsed, and their children were bullied at school and self-harmed. When I listened to the voice of the former postmaster, who had fallen into a completely unfamiliar sin, everyone could not talk about the suffering of false accusations without tears. The quasi-postmaster is in charge of the counter operations of the local post office as a franchise of the post office of the privatized post office. In October 1999, Fujitsu's accounting system "Horizon" was introduced to regional quasi-post offices. From 2000 to 2015, some reported that 3,500 postmasters were accused of theft and fraudulent accounting based on Horizon evidence. In 2009, the British magazine Computer Weekly first picked up seven former postmasters who were falsely accused of Horizon defects. When journalist Nick Wallis, who was chasing the incident, reported suspicions on a BBC show, the number increased to 55. When the class action proceedings began in 2018, the number of former directors complaining of damage reached 555. Nearly 700 convictions could be revoked in a retrial, with 2,400 claiming compensation. The "Post Office Horizon IT Hearing", which began on February 14 at the International Dispute Resolution Center in London, gathered testimony and evidence from former postmasters, post offices, Fujitsu, and British government officials, and has been in Horizon for over 20 years. The aim is to clarify the introduction and flaws of the system and to see if the lessons have been applied. In February 2008, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had promised an open inquiry. Wake up at 4am from the age of 17 and deliver mail. Huey Noel Thomas (74), who was born and raised on Anglesey Island (population about 70,000) in northwestern Wales, is the first language of Welsh. After completing his compulsory education, Thomas began delivering his mail at the local post office at the age of 17. He got up at 4 am and he delivered more than 27 kilometers. He met many inhabitants and married his wife Eila at the age of 18. Inheriting his parents' grocery store, he also started a postal service at the store. He sold a grocery store in 1980 and purchased the rights to run a quasi-post office in 1981. He had another house in 1991, and he has been busy with work since he got the rights to the quasi-post office and has never taken a holiday. The Horizon in question was introduced in 1999, and Thomas, who had been trained for a day and a half, will operate while looking at the manual.
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