In March 2019, an employee of Mujin Electronics, a semiconductor partner of SK Hynix, sent SK Hynix's national core technology data via USB via email to an employee of CXMT, China's top memory semiconductor company, but the sentence handed down to this employee was eight months in prison with a two-year suspended sentence. Mr. Shin, who was Mujin Electronics' vice president and head of the semiconductor equipment division, contacted the Chinese side in May 2017 after exporting cleaning equipment to CXMT , leading the crime by recruiting key domestic industry personnel and illegally obtaining technical information to use for equipment development,,, but ultimately ended up serving only one year and six months in prison. In the past 20 years, the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and the Industrial Technology Protection Act Among the 90 defendants in 24 semiconductor technology leakage cases prosecuted for violations, 44 (48.9%) received prison sentences, 44 received suspended sentences, and one was fined and one acquitted. The average sentence for those sentenced was about 2 years and 7 months, Of the 44 prisoners, 5 were sentenced to 1 year or less, 18 (40.9%) were sentenced to more than 1 year but not more than 2 years, 10 sentences were between 2 years and 3 years, and 8 were between 3 years and 5 years. Only 3 people (6.8%) received more than 5 years, and the highest sentence was 7 years for Mr. Jeon, who was indicted for leaking and using Samsung Electronics' 18nm DRAM technology in CXMT. As concerns over industrial espionage grew, espionage charges were applied from September 13 A revised Criminal Act has been enacted, expanding the scope from 'enemy nations' to 'foreign or equivalent organizations,' allowing acts of detecting, collecting, leaking, or transmitting state secrets for foreign countries to be punished as espionage. However, In Korea, there are still many criticisms that penalties and systems are still lax despite the seriousness of technology leaks. In response, People Power Party lawmaker Ko Dong-jin proposed a revision on the 31st of last month to add foreign companies and national core technologies to espionage charges and raise the statutory penalty to at least 10 years in prison. Park Kyun-taek, a member of the Democratic Party, also proposed a special law to impose fines of up to 10 billion won on individuals and up to 20 billion won on corporations, which was proposed on the 24th of last month. It was only proposed, not passed??? and technology leakage will continue to happen,,, China has so many outstanding talents,,, so it's a constant industrial espionage???????
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