Police have opened an investigation into Choi Seung-ho, head of the Samsung Electronics branch of the Samsung Group Super Enterprise Labor Union, over allegations that he awarded contracts for rally supplies to a company owned by his father-in-law.
Seoul's Nowon Police Station has summoned Kim Soon-hwan, secretary general of the People's Livelihood Countermeasure Committee, for questioning as the complainant in the case, according to police on the 6th. The civic group filed a criminal complaint against Choi with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on Sept. 10 on charges of breach of trust and obstruction of business. The case was subsequently assigned to the Nowon Police Station.
Questions over family favoritism had also surfaced inside Samsung Electronics, where allegations emerged that Choi ordered vests from his father-in-law's company during his time with a joint struggle committee. In its complaint, the group said the case "raises suspicions that he went out of his way to funnel work to his father-in-law's company, ignoring the need to exclude a family business and select vendors fairly and reasonably."
