[Breaking] SK Chemical and Aekyung Former CEOs Sentenced to Prison for 'Humidifier Disinfectant' Case... First Trial Overturned
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Former CEOs of SK Chemical and Aekyung Industrial, who were acquitted in the first trial despite being charged with manufacturing and distributing humidifier disinfectants that caused large-scale casualties, were sentenced to prison in the appellate trial.
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The Seoul High Court Criminal Division 5 (Presiding Judges Seo Seung-ryeol, Ahn Seung-hoon, Choi Moon-soo) on the 11th overturned the first trial's acquittal verdict in the appellate sentencing hearing for former SK Chemical CEO Hong Ji-ho (74) and former Aekyung Industrial CEO Ahn Yong-chan (65), who were charged with professional negligence causing death, and sentenced them each to four years in prison. However, they were not taken into custody in court.
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