Top court finds ex-Reckitt Benckiser Korea head guilty of negligence in deadly disinfectant scandal
Social affairsJan 25, 2018
South Korea's top court on Thursday found the former head of a British consumer product maker's local unit guilty of negligence in sales of a deadly humidifier cleaner accused of causing more than 70 deaths. The Supreme Court upheld the lower court's six-year sentence on Shin Hyun-woo, ex-chief of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser Korea, convicting him of accidental homicide due to professional negligence. The court maintained a not-guilty verdict for John Lee, a Korean-American who headed Oxy after Shin an