Former Samsung Electronics researcher jailed for leaking chip technology to Chinese firm
By
Binu Mathew
SEOUL: A South Korean court said on Wednesday it had sentenced a former researcher at Samsung Electronics to seven years in prison for leaking semiconductor technology to a Chinese company.
The Seoul Central District Court found the defendant, identified only by his surname, guilty of violating the Industrial Technology Protection Act, ruling that the leaked data constituted a national core technology and that he had conspired in the breach.
