LG and Samsung to Face Off in Two Separate Court Cases
Three executives from LG Electronics were indicted in connection with a scandal about damaged washing machines that occurred last year in Germany. Executives from Samsung Display were indicted for illicitly acquiring information related to LG Display’s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology through LG’s subcontractors.
Criminal division no. 4 at Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, directed by Lee Ju-hyeong, announced on Feb. 15 that it had booked without detention three executives at LG Electronics: Jo Seong-jin, president of the home appliances business division; Cho Han-jin, who is in charge of washing machine development; and a senior executive named Jeon, who is in charge of public relations.
Jo and Cho are being charged with damaging property. In Sep. 2014, they allegedly damaged the door hinges on three Samsung washing machines that were on display at the home appliances section at an exposition in Berlin.
The prosecutors said that when they reviewed footage from security cameras in the area, they found that the two executives deliberately warped the washing machine doors by pushing down on them with their whole body weight.
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