The president of the board of directors of Samsung Electronics, a division of the Samsung group that manufactures various products for consumers, was sentenced to 18 months in prison with execution for violating the law on trade unions. Lee Sang-hoon is the name of the chairman of the board of directors of Samsung Electronics, and together with him, 25 other people were convicted for similar crimes in connection with his case.
Samsung goes through two convictions of top managers within the group in just a year, in 2018 the vice president of the group's board of directors was sentenced to prison for other crimes. Prosecutors in South Korea managed to prove that Lee Sang-hoon, together with other people, managed to prevent the activity of some unions of the group's employees, which affected the interests of the employees.
President of Samsung SENTENCED to PRISON, what Crime he Committed
It seems that under the leadership of Lee Sang-hoon, but also of other leaders, the unions had their members monitored, approached to be convinced to leave them, and even certain contracts cancelled, to leave them without money. The prosecutors presented many documents that demonstrated that the people in the management of Samsung Electronics thought of various tactics to affect, or completely block, the activity done for the benefit of its members.
"A South Korean court has sentenced Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Sang-hoon to 18 months in prison for sabotaging union activities. Lee and about 25 other defendants were convicted of violating union laws. Prosecutors said Samsung executives used several tactics to target union activities, including shutting down outsourced firms with active unions."
Just a week ago, the vice president of Samsung Electronics was sentenced in a similar case to 16 months in prison with execution, so the problems there are much bigger than they seem at first glance. The situation is so serious that significant convictions have been reached for people in the management of Samsung, and this shows that regardless of the country, when it comes to profit, corporations do almost anything for money.
Samsung has not yet commented on the conviction of the president of the board of directors of Samsung Electronics, but it will most likely do so in the near future, but it does not have much to do to fix the situation.
