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Hur Young-in, chairman of SPC Group, was acquitted of ordering affiliates to dump shares to evade gift taxes by the Surpreme Court on Thursday.
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 "deep regret" for the prosecution's attempt to acquire an arrest warrant for its chairman, Hur Young-in, for alleged union busting.
Prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Hur, who allegedly forced bakers at Paris Baguette, a bakery chain run by SPC Group, to withdraw from the labor union.
Prosecutors indicted SPC Group Chairman Hur Young-in without detention on Friday for breach of trust.
Prosecutors raided the headquarters of SPC Group and the office of its affiliates on Tuesday to look for evidence that the company violated a law that bans unfair business practices among the group’s affiliates.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap