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Four Japanese companies have been caught by the Fair Trade Commission for 10 years in a business that sells parts to Korean automakers. The FTC said it had no reason to delay it because of Japan's export control problems.

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An alternator is a device that generates electricity by driving an automobile engine and supplies it to headlights.

When Renault Samsung requested an alternator quote for QM5, Hitachi submitted a higher price for Mitsubishi Electric to win.

Mitsubishi Electric has helped Denso supply an alternator for Grandeur and K7.

This sharing has been going on for 10 years from 2004.

A similar collision was made when we supplied the ignition coil, an automotive transformer, to GM Korea.

[Byung Gun Lee / FTC International Cartel Manager: Buyers are domestic manufacturers of automobiles, so they become direct victims. Is not there a final consumer who bought a finished car equipped with the product that was targeted for collusion? In such a case, it can be called an indirect victim.]

The FTC charged Mitsubishi Electric and Hitachi with charges of 9.2 billion won for four Japanese companies, and accused them of prosecution.

The FTC's action was scheduled to be announced in the middle of last month, but it has been suspended due to the situation of trying to resolve the trade conflict with Japan.

The FTC said that there is no longer any reason to delay the whitelist decision.