Former CEO of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser arrested

By Park Si-soo

A former CEO of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser and two former senior researchers of the company were arrested Saturday for their alleged lack of responsibility for toxic test for chemicals used in the firm’s mass-produced humidifier sterilizers that caused the deaths of some 104 people, including pregnant women, since 2011.

The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Shin Hyun-woo, former CEO of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser and two former senior researchers, surnamed by Kim and Choi.

Presiding judge Cho Eui-yeon noted in the warrant, “Evidence is sufficient to put them under pre-trial arrest.”