Korean Air mother & daughter both in court Monday

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Daughter for smuggling and tax evasion allegations...

A former vice president of Korean Air Lines Co., notorious for her tantrum over nuts that delayed a flight in 2014, appeared at the customs office on Monday to be questioned over smuggling and tax evasion allegations.

Cho Hyun-ah, 44, showed up at the Incheon Main Customs, west of Seoul, at around 10 a.m.

She bowed her head and said, "I am sorry."

The eldest daughter of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho is suspected of bringing personal goods purchased overseas into the country without paying taxes. She allegedly had them delivered to her via Korean Air planes.

The customs office is expected to grill her on the allegations. The authorities confiscated some 2.5 tons of suspected smuggled goods that may have belonged to Cho from a Korean Air subcontractor and company officials' residences.

The latest is a series of public appearances by the disgraced Cho comes less than two weeks after she underwent interrogation by the immigration office late last month over allegations that she and her family had illegally hired more than a dozen housekeepers from the Philippines.

The probe into her alleged smuggling is the latest in a spate of ongoing investigations against the Cho family, which controls the hotel and logistics conglomerate.

Her mother, Lee Myung-hee, is on the verge of arrest over multiple aggravated assault charges as a Seoul court is reviewing her arrest warrant on the same day. Her younger sister has also been investigated over assault allegations and her brother faces suspicions over unfair acceptance into a university with ties to Hanjin.



..and mother for her routinely assault, insult and injure to people..

A Seoul court was set on Monday to review the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant for the wife of the chief of Korean Air Lines Co.

Lee Myung-hee, 69, is accused of taking advantage of her status to routinely assault, insult and injure people. Prosecutors filed for her arrest warrant late Thursday.

Lee, the mother of a former Korean Air vice president who became infamous for her "nut rage" incident, now faces seven counts of aggravated assault, obstruction of business, insult and other charges.

Lee allegedly hurled a pair of pruning shears at a security guard at her home in Seoul for failing to take care of the house's door properly. She was also accused of kicking her chauffeur on the street for making a mistake, and shoving and cursing at construction workers hired for a hotel expansion project.

The suspicions amount to 24 cases of violence against 11 people between August 2011 and March this year.

She has denied any wrongdoing.

The court is expected to deliver its decision late Monday or early the next day.




Basically everyone in the family has gone/is going through investigation in the past few weeks. And they are horrible humans.

source: Yonhap News 1 & 2

Comments

[accioanime.livejournal.com]

Im glad they are getting exposed and I hope other chaebol families watch out. Watching all the office dramas made me aware of how Korea's already very hierarchical structure is like emphasized x10 in the corporate world.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

I hope they face actual consequences for their actions

[hyori-ish.livejournal.com]

jesus, what an all-around terrible family.