Police raid Samsung Biologics over alleged leak of confidential documents by union leader

Police raided Samsung Biologics headquarters to investigate allegations that a union leader had leaked confidential corporate documents, the law enforcement authority said on Wednesday.

The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency’s security investigation unit undertook a search and seizure operation at Samsung Biologics’ headquarters in Songdo, Incheon, on Tuesday.

Investigators reportedly secured records of system access and company entry logs from the company’s internal servers and document storage facilities.

Police said they carried out the search and seizure — rather than request voluntary submission of information — to ensure the impartiality of the investigation.

On April 20, the company filed a complaint against Park Jae-sung, the chief of its labor union, on charges of defamation per the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection as well as for occupational breach of trust.

Samsung Biologics alleged that Park edited and distributed confidential corporate documents, including tax invoices handled by a public relations-related department.

Park and union leadership have fully denied the allegations.

“We are conducting the investigation as fairly as possible,” a police official said. “We cannot disclose specific details of the investigation.”

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.

BY KIM EUN-BIN [lee.soojung1@joongang.co.kr]