Panel forces indictment of former Tepco executives over Fukushima nuclear disaster

A Japanese citizens' panel ruled on Friday that three former Tokyo Electric Power executives should be indicted over their handling of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Kyodo news agency said.

Tokyo prosecutors in January rejected the rarely used panel's judgment that the three should be indicted, citing insufficient evidence. But the 11 unidentified citizens on the panel forced the indictment after a second vote, which holds sway over the prosecutors' decision.