Korean court acquits ex-SK Chemicals, Aekyung chiefs in humidifier sterilizer case
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The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday found Hong Ji-ho, former chief executive of SK Chemicals, Ahn Yong-chan, former chief executive of Aekyung Industrial, and 11 others indicted not guilty of charges of accidental homicide due to professional negligence in the sale of humidifier sterilizers with harmful chemical substances that caused life damages.
The court judged that there were no causal relations between the chemical substances used to make the humidifier sterilizers sold by SK Chemicals and Aekyung Industrial – methylchloroisothiazolinone (CMIT) and methylisothiazolinone (MIT) – and lung-related illnesses.
“There was no evidence to acknowledge causal relations between the use of humidifier sterilizers consisting CMIT and MIT and deterioration in lung-related illnesses and asthma,” the court said.
The humidifier sterilizer case is considered one of Korea’s worst tragedies involving a consumer good. The disinfectants with toxic material were sold in Korea between 2002 and 2011.
In response to the latest ruling, the victims of the tragedy denounced the court’s decision, saying “it is totally unacceptable.” Prosecutors also pledged to make an appeal with the higher court.
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