S.Korean finance minister says any wrongdoing at Samsung Securities should be punished

Samsung Securities Co

09/04/2018 07:18

SEOUL, April 9 (Reuters) - Samsung Securities Co Ltd
 016360.KS  employees who sold stocks that were mistakenly given
to them last week could face tough penalties, South Korea's
finance minister said on Monday.
    "We really have to look into this seriously as it is not
understandable nor tolerable at all that these people sold off
shares that were mistakenly given," Finance Minister Kim
Dong-yeon reporters.
    "If there were problems regarding the workers' moral hazard,
I feel they should be firmly punished."

($1 = 1,066.2700 won)

 (Reporting by Shin-hyung Lee and Dahee Kim; Editing by Stephen
Coates)
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