Former CEO of Aekyung Industrial Sentenced to 2 Years and 6 Months in Second Trial for Humidifier Disinfectant Data Concealment
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The former CEO of Aekyung Industrial, who was prosecuted for concealing harmful data related to humidifier disinfectants, was sentenced to prison again in the second trial.
The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Appeal Division 8-1 (Presiding Judges Lee Geun-soo, Lee Won-shin, Kim Woo-jung) on the 31st sentenced former Aekyung Industrial CEO Ko Gwang-hyun, who was indicted for instructing evidence destruction, to 2 years and 6 months in prison, the same as the first trial.
Former Executive Director Yang Mo of Aekyung Industrial, who was indicted together, was sentenced to 1 year in prison, and former Team Leader Lee Mo was sentenced to 1 year in prison with a 2-year probation and 300 hours of community service.
The court stated regarding former CEO Ko, "It is recognized that as the CEO, he instructed the employees under his command and supervision to commit the crime, yet he continuously shifts responsibility to the other defendants," adding, "Strict punishment appropriate to this is necessary."
It continued, "The defendants' actions were carried out with a selfish intention to avoid blame while ignoring the suffering experienced by consumers," and "The crime was organized and planned, making the nature of the offense particularly bad."
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Aekyung Industrial sold the product "Humidifier Mate," which caused the second highest number of victims after "Oxy Ssak Ssak Humidifier Duty" during the humidifier disinfectant incident. They were prosecuted for hiding and destroying data related to humidifier disinfectants starting from 2016, when the prosecution's investigation into the humidifier disinfectant case intensified.
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