Debt-laden Eastar Jet is laying off more than 600 employees on Wednesday, half of the remaining 1,200 workers at the budget airline.
Eastar Jet CEO Choi Jong-gu on Thursday accused the company’s pilot union of making false accusations against management and said he will hold them criminally and civilly liable.
Eastar Jet’s pilot union on Tuesday requested the cash-strapped airline file for court receivership and withdraw its plan to lay off more than 600 employees.
Eastar Jet’s pilot union reported founder Lee Sang-jik to the prosecutors for tax evasion and lying on disclosure forms filed for his National Assembly candidacy.
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