[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The prosecution requested the same three-year prison sentence as the original trial in the appellate trial of Samsung Electronics Vice President Kyung-hoon Kang, who was indicted on charges of attempting to dismantle the Samsung Everland labor union. The court decided to hold the sentencing hearing on the 26th of next month.
On the 20th, at the appellate trial closing session held at the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 10 (Presiding Judges Won Ik-seon, Im Young-woo, Shin Yong-ho), the prosecution requested the court to deliver such a sentence. In the first trial, the prosecution had requested three years in prison each for Vice President Kang and former Everland Executive Director Lee, and one to two years in prison for other current and former Everland officials.
Vice President Kang and others were indicted on charges of obstructing union activities at Everland by establishing a company-friendly union based on labor-management strategies while working at Samsung Group's Future Strategy Office from June 2011 to March 2018. The first trial court recognized most of Vice President Kang's charges as guilty and sentenced him to one year and four months in prison, and former Everland Executive Director Lee to ten months in prison. Additionally, about ten current and former Everland employees were sentenced to six to ten months in prison with two years of probation and fines.
Meanwhile, former Vice President Kang is also facing trial separately on charges of devising and implementing a strategy to dismantle the Samsung Electronics Service labor union, having received prison sentences in both the first and second trials, with the Supreme Court's decision pending.
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