A South Korean executive accused of stealing semiconductor information developed by Samsung Electronics has been detained again on fresh allegations related to the theft of chip processing technology, a court official and his lawyer said on Friday. <\/p>\n
The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to detain Choi Jinseog on Thursday due to concerns he was a flight risk, said a court official, who declined to provide further details. <\/p>\n
Choi, a former Samsung executive who ran a chipmaking venture in China, has already been the subject of a high-profile industrial espionage trial since July 2023 and was arrested and released on bail last November. He has rejected those charges. <\/p>\n
He now faces new allegations of being involved in stealing information related to 20-nanometre DRAM chip processing from Samsung, Kim Pilsung, Choi’s lawyer, told Reuters. <\/p>\n
Kim said his client denied any wrongdoing and the information he is accused of stealing is publicly available. <\/p>\n
Choi has not been indicted over the new allegations, his lawyer said. <\/p>\n
Samsung declined to comment. <\/p>\n
In a case that underscores South Korea’s efforts to crack down on industrial espionage and slow China’s progress in chip manufacturing, Choi was indicted in June 2023, accused of seeking to build a copycat chip factory in China with sensitive information developed by Samsung. <\/p>\n
The award-winning engineer was once seen as a star in South Korea’s chip industry. <\/p>\n
After being freed on bail, Choi told Reuters in April that police were investigating him and one of his former employees, an ex-Samsung worker, over fresh allegations related to Samsung’s chip processing technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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