Prosecutors on Sunday indicted the chairman of a local bakery giant with physical detention on charges of coercing bakers to quit their membership with a militant umbrella labor organization.
SPC Group expressed regret over prosecutors moves to detain its ailing chairman Hur Young-in, saying that investigators are intensifying their investigation, without sufficient ev.
Hur Young-in, the chairman of South Korean bakery giant SPC Group, was arrested on Friday for allegedly forcing workers to quit their labor union. The Seoul Central District Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for the 74-year-old chairman on suspicion of violating the Trade Union Act, citing concerns that Hur may try to destroy evidence. With the warrant, prosecutors will take the chairman into custody and inves.
SPC Group expressed regret over prosecutors moves to detain its ailing chairman Hur Young-in, saying that investigators are intensifying their investigation, without sufficient evidence, into the allegations that he illegally coerced company employees to leave an umbrella labor union, according to officials at the country s largest bakery chain, Thursday.
Hur Young-in, the chairman of bakery giant SPC Group, was brought for prosecution questioning by force Tuesday over allegations that he forced bakers at an affiliated firm to quit their labor union. The action came as the chairman has disobeyed prosecution summons multiple times.