Samsung Chairman Indicted for Allegedly Sabotaging Labor Union
- Lee Sang-hoon’s indictment adds to legal woes for Samsung
- Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee’s bribery case pending at court
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South Korean prosecutors indicted the board chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. on charges of illegally cracking down on a labor union, delivering another legal blow to the world’s largest chipmaker.
Prosecutors in Seoul said Thursday they have charged Lee Sang-hoon with leading an operation to sabotage a newly formed labor union at Samsung’s customer-service unit in 2013 when he was chief financial officer.