奥林巴斯前董事长被逮捕

时间：2012-02-16 05:59:37

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Former Olympus chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa and two other former executives have been arrested.

奥林巴斯前董事长菊川刚和其他两位董事被逮捕。

Mr Kikukawa is being probed for his role in the <a href=

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Mr Kikukawa is being probed for his role in the accounting cover-up at Olympus
The firm is being probed for an accounting cover-up after it admitted to hiding $1.7bn (£1bn) in losses over two decades.

Mr Kikukawa resigned in October after the scandal broke out.

Olympus has sued 19 former and current executives over the issue.

Former executive vice² president Hisashi Mori and former auditor³ Hideo Yamada are the other two peole who were arrested.

"This is the first solid increment⁴（增量） , taking a system that has governed itself on informal rules, to the one that is based on formal rules and law," Kenneth Cukier of The Economist⁵ told the BBC.

'Game over'

The scandal broke out in October after former chief executive Michael Woodford claimed he was fired for raising concerns about the company's accounting practices.

Mr Woodford pointed⁶ out that he had questioned Olympus' payment of $687m in fees to financial advisers⁷ during the acquisition（获得） of UK medical equipment company Gyrus.

Although the company initially⁸ denied the allegations, it later admitted that it had been hiding losses for as long as 20 years.

The scandal resulted in the company's shares plunging⁹ more than 50% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

The TSE had also placed the stock under a watch list as the firm delayed filing its latest accounts in the wake of the scandal.

Analysts¹⁰ said the latest developments were a victory for the firm's shareholders¹¹.

"It is game over for Kikukawa and other people who have frauded the company and its shareholders of billions of dollars," said Mr Cukier.

"This is a day that anyone who believes in the rule of law should be celebrating."

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1 accounting
n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
参考例句：
A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。 There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 auditor
n.审计员，旁听着
参考例句：
The auditor was required to produce his working papers.那个审计员被要求提供其工作底稿。 The auditor examines the accounts of all county officers and departments.审计员查对所有县官员及各部门的帐目。

4 increment
n.增值，增价；提薪，增加工资
参考例句：
Each increment of knowledge tells us more of our world.知识的点滴增长都会增进我们对世界的认知。 She receives a salary increment each year.她每年得到加薪。

5 economist
n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人
参考例句：
He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。 He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

6 pointed
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。 She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

7 advisers
顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )；（指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授
参考例句：
a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员 She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

8 initially
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。 Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

9 plunging
adj.跳进的，突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 analysts
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。 I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

11 shareholders
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。 the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任