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Samsung Electronics' board chairman, Lee Sang-hoon, is sentenced to 18 months in jail for violating labor union laws in South Korea. The court found him guilty, along with other Samsung officials, of disrupting union activities and gathering personal information on union members. The case focused on efforts to dismantle the labor union at the company's customer-service unit. Samsung Electronics has faced legal challenges in recent years, including the imprisonment of its de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong.
Monday, 16 December, 2019