Ssangyong researchers indicted for leaking tech to Chinese carmaker

By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Seven senior researchers at South Korea's Ssangyong
Motor Co. were indicted Wednesday on charges of leaking the firm's hybrid
technology to its Chinese parent company.
The suspects handed over source code on hybrid engines and other key technologies
to the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC), Ssangyong's majority
shareholder, according to the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office.
Prosecution have been looking into the case for over three years after
Ssangyong's union filed a complaint against the Chinese carmaker in August 2006,
accusing it of stealing core technology in producing hybrid cars.
ejkim@yna.co.kr
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