Namyang Dairy Products Explains Arbitrary Judgment by Staff in Competitor Comment Defamation... Official Apology

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] Namyang Dairy Products denied allegations that it systematically posted internet posts and comments criticizing competitors, stating that it was due to the arbitrary judgment of an employee.

On the 7th, Namyang Dairy Products issued a statement on its homepage, saying, "We deeply apologize for causing concern to our customers," and explained, "In the overheated promotional competition situation, an employee arbitrarily judged that there was no problem because Maeil Sangha Organic Farm is located about 4 km from a nuclear power plant, which is a fact, during the process of consulting with an online promotion agency, leading to controversy."

The person involved has been cooperating sincerely with the police investigation for about a year and is awaiting the results.

Earlier, the Jongno Police Station in Seoul announced that it had booked seven people, including Hong Won-sik, chairman of Namyang Dairy Products, on charges such as defamation for continuously posting defamatory posts and comments about competitors on online mom cafes using a promotional agency since early last year, and is currently investigating.

It was investigated that Namyang Dairy Products repeatedly posted content on several mom cafes questioning whether there was an impact from radioactive leakage because there is a nuclear power plant near the farm that supplies raw milk to Maeil Dairy. Namyang Dairy Products was also investigated by the police in 2009 and 2013 for spreading defamatory posts about competitors on the internet.

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