Court dismisses arrest warrant for representative Koo Young-bae of Q10 for 'wage arrears'

The Seoul Central District Court today (20th) rejected an arrest warrant for CEO Koo Young-bae of Quten, who is suspected of failing to pay employees' wages.

The court judged that it was difficult to admit the need for arrest when the circumstances of the case, the details of the charges, and the attitude toward investigation and interrogation were combined.The representative of

is accused of failing to pay 20 billion won in wages and severance pay to employees of subsidiaries and affiliates.

Separately, Koo, along with Timon CEO Ryu Kwang-jin and Wemakep CEO Ryu Hwa-hyun, is facing his first trial next month after being indicted without detention on charges of stealing 1.85 trillion won in seller settlement payments.