Lotte chief gets suspended prison sentence
23 December 2017 |
6:47 pm
A Seoul court has found Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin guilty of breach of trust and embezzlement and sentenced him to 20 months in prison, suspended for two years, leaving him free to try and revive the conglomerate after steep losses in China.
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