Prosecutors open probe into Hanwha chief's son over alleged assault on lawyers
Social affairsNov 22, 2017
Prosecutors launched an investigation Wednesday into allegations that a son of a major South Korean conglomerate head attacked lawyers while he was drunk at a private dinner two months ago, the Seoul office said the same day. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it has assigned the case to a criminal investigation unit, after reviewing the complaint filed by the Korean Bar Association a day earlier. Kim Dong-seon, the third and youngest son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn,