[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] Park Young-woo, chairman of Dayou Winia Group, who is suspected of overdue wages and severance pay worth 39.8 billion won, was put on trial on the 7th after being arrested.

The Criminal Affairs Department 1 (Senior Prosecutor Huh Hoon) at the Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office said it has indicted Park on charges of violating the Labor Standards Act, violation of the Act on the Guarantee of Workers' Retirement Benefits, and embezzlement of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes.

It also indicted Kim Hyuk-pyo, CEO of Winia, who was involved in the crime of overdue wages, without physical detention and additionally indicted Park Hyun-chul, CEO of Winia Electronics, and Ahn Byung-deok, former CEO of Winia Electronics, who are already on trial for overdue wages and other charges. The prosecution also indicted A, chief secretary of Dayou Winia, without physical detention on charges of embezzling company funds by helping Park.

Park is suspected of colluding with CEO Kim and others to not pay 39.8 billion won, including wages and severance pay, to 738 workers between October 2020 and December 2023. Prosecutors arrested Park last month as a user who actually controlled and operated Winia and Winia Electronics, that is, the main culprit of wage arrears, by receiving business reports from affiliate executives and employees on major management matters, including wage arrears.

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