China News Service, February 4th. According to Korean media reports, on the 4th, the South Korean Grand Court (Supreme Court) issued a final judgment on a large number of former current senior executives of Samsung Group for allegedly attempting to dissolve the subsidiary's labor union. Convicted and sentenced to more than 30 related persons involved in the case.
According to reports, Samsung Electronics vice president Jiang Jingxun was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in prison, and Samsung Lions representative Yuan Qizan was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison with a probation of 2 years.
Samsung C&T representative Zheng Jinyong and Samsung Electronics vice president Park Rongji were sentenced to 1 year imprisonment and 2 years probation, and 10 months imprisonment and 2 years probation.
In addition, former Samsung Electronics service chief Choi Ping-suk was sentenced to 1 year imprisonment, Samsung Electronics chief executive officer was sentenced to 1 year imprisonment, and former Samsung Electronics service representative Park Sang Fan was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months imprisonment.
The Supreme Court also found that the former chairman of Samsung Electronics Council, Lee Sang-hoon, had conspired and participated in the dissolution of the labor union, but maintained his not guilty verdict on the grounds of illegal evidence collection.
According to the report, the above-mentioned persons involved were suspected of establishing and implementing a union disintegration strategy called "greening operations" at the group level after the establishment of the union of the subsidiary Samsung Electronics Service Company in 2013.