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SK Group owner's wife accused of hitting drivers

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Chey Tae-won,left, Roh So-young
Chey Tae-won,left, Roh So-young

By Kim Hyun-bin

Roh So-young, wife of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, is accused of physically and verbally abusing her personal drivers. SK Group is Korea's third-largest conglomerate.

According to a local daily, she is accused of throwing objects at her drivers and verbally abusing them by saying "Why bother to have a brain if you're not going to use it?" She also fired a driver on the spot for parking in a space she did not like.

"If there was no gum or tissues in the car, she yelled and threw the empty container at me," said a driver who worked for Roh in an interview with the local daily. "When there was traffic, she told me to use my brain."

Other drivers also said they were verbally abused.

"She did not understand why she was stuck in traffic. We had to be on our toes at all times," another driver said. "So I took the bus only lane and got tickets so I wouldn't get yelled at."
SK Group refuted the three drivers' claims.

"There is no concrete evidence at this point, only their claims. However, we can't speak for Roh as she does not work for SK Group," an SK spokesperson said.

Roh and her husband Chey Tae-won are currently going through a divorce. She is also the daughter of former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo.

Meanwhile, prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for Lee Myung-hee, wife of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho, amid allegations she illegally hired Filipina housekeepers without proper visas.

This comes after a Seoul court denied the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant for Lee for allegedly assaulting her employees.

Prosecutors suspect Lee hired the housekeepers through the airline's human resources department and its Manila branch. Immigration investigators have questioned Korean Air employees from the two offices.



Kim Hyun-bin hyunbin@koreatimes.co.kr


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