Nikesh Arora, founder of Softbank

TOKYO SoftBank is a leading mobile phone company in Japan on Thursday criticized replied attempt by a group of investors to take positions former chief executive of Google, which was seen as the heir, Masayoshi Son, founder There's billions of.

It criticized the charges, without evidence, which refers to its president Nikesh Arora said investors that should be investigated and may be cut off because of a conflict of interest related to his role as a consultant with the investment protection Fund.

The company said on Thursday: Board considers its duties seriously and are in the process Check the letter.

Son who is the richest man in Japan and SoftBank CEO says Mr. Arora likely his successor. On Thursday, he supported former chief executive of Silicon Valley.

Mr. Son said in a statement: 'I was totally convinced Nikesh and trust 1000 percentage of him and know that he will continue to do important things for SoftBank in the future.

Companies that do not reveal the identity represented by the law firm has raised its concerns in a letter sent to the company, based in Tokyo, which showed that Mr. Arora, 48, may be linked in the past to make mistakes as they questioned his business record. According to Bloomberg.

The letter said: 'Despite these problems, the board SoftBank see appropriate Mr. Arora became chief executive of the highest salaries in 3rd world.

The letter was not made public, and SoftBank have refused to provide a copy to AFP.

His salary Arora were reported last year, with reports suggesting that SoftBank is providing income 135 million US dollars.

Arora, who gave up the roles that appear in the image, Google to join the Company of Japan in 2014, said last year before that he will buy 483 million shares in the SoftBank to show his confidence in his own vision.