Cho denied the accusations during an interrogation on Wednesday, in which she said "she only pushed him when he failed to properly answer her question", a police official said. The incident involving one of most prominent business families of South Korea has stirred up a huge controversy in the country and reopened the debate over the excessive power wielded by families who own the "chaebol" -- huge South Korean conglomerates. The plane was forced to return to the gate at New York's John F. Kennedy AirportKorean Air chief Cho Yang-ho recently offered a public apology and removed his two daughters from all their company posts. Prosecutors also accused Cho Hyun-min of smuggling in luxury goods into the country. Hundreds of employees of the airlines had convened a protest in central Seoul on Friday demanding that Cho Yang-ho step down as president.

Source: bd News24 May 04, 2018 10:07 UTC