Ssangyong occupier jailed

libcom.org Oct 18 2009

A union member from Ssangyong Motors involved in the strike and occupation
of the plant against job losses was sentenced to one and a half years in
prison on Friday.

The defendant, identified only by his surname Kim, was tried as one of the
ringleaders of the occupation of the company's Pyeongtaek factory.

The Suwon District Court convicted Kim of incurring 2.29 billion won (1.96
million USD) in damages to the automaker and destroying 10 million won
worth of office furniture.

The court also sentenced another Ssangyong union member to a one-year
prison term, suspended for two years, for similar charges.