Kim Woo-choong, the founder of Daewoo conglomerate, leaves a Seoul court surrounded by his private bodyguards September 25, 2008. A South Korean court sentenced Kim to 18 months in prison on Thursday for trying to avoid paying billions of dollars in fines but let him stay out of jail for showing remorse. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) 

Kim Woo-choong, the founder of Daewoo conglomerate. leaves a Seoul court surrounded by his private bodyguards September 25, 2008. A South Korean court sentenced Kim to 18 months in prison on Thursday for trying to avoid paying billions of dollars in fines but let him stay out of jail for showing remorse. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) 

Kim Woo-choong, the founder of Daewoo conglomerate, leaves a Seoul court September 25, 2008. A South Korean court sentenced Kim to 18 months in prison on Thursday for trying to avoid paying billions of dollars in fines but let him stay out of jail for showing remorse. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) 

Kim Woo-choong, the founder of Daewoo conglomerate, leaves a Seoul court September 25, 2008. A South Korean court sentenced Kim to 18 months in prison on Thursday for trying to avoid paying billions of dollars in fines but let him stay out of jail for showing remorse. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) 

Kim Woo-choong (R), the founder of the Daewoo group, sits on a wheelchair as he left a court in Seoul May 30, 2006. [The South Korean court sentenced on Tuesday Kim to 10 years in prison and forfeited 21 trillion won ($22.15 billion) for fraud and misusing corporate funds in the country's biggest financial scandal.] 

Kim Woo-choong, the founder of the Daewoo group, sits on a wheelchair as he left a court in Seoul May 30, 2006. The South Korean court sentenced on Tuesday Kim to 10 years in prison and forfeited 21 trillion won ($22.15 billion) for fraud and misusing corporate funds in the country's biggest financial scandal. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Kim Woo-choong (R), the founder of the Daewoo group, sits on a wheelchair as he left a court in Seoul May 30, 2006. The South Korean court sentenced on Tuesday Kim to 10 years in prison and forfeited 21 trillion won ($22.15 billion) for fraud and misusing corporate funds in the country's biggest financial scandal. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Kim Woo-choong (R), the founder of the Daewoo group, sits on a wheelchair as he left a court in Seoul May 30, 2006. The South Korean court sentenced on Tuesday Kim to 10 years in prison and forfeited 21 trillion won ($22.15 billion) for fraud and misusing corporate funds in the country's biggest financial scandal. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Kim Woo-choong, the founder of the Daewoo group, lies on a bed as he is carried to an ambulance after he left a court in Seoul May 30, 2006. The South Korean court sentenced on Tuesday Kim to 10 years in prison and forfeited 21 trillion won ($22.15 billion) for fraud and misusing corporate funds in the country's biggest financial scandal.
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Kim Woo-choong, the founder of the Daewoo group, sits on a wheelchair as he left a court in Seoul May 30, 2006. The South Korean court sentenced on Tuesday Kim to 10 years in prison and forfeited 21 trillion won ($22.15 billion) for fraud and misusing corporate funds in the country's biggest financial scandal. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

A South Korean businessman walks past the former headquarters of the Daewoo group in Seoul June 17, 2005. A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for the former head of the Daewoo business empire, who fled South Korea when the group collapsed six years ago, but leaders of other conglomerates urged leniency. [Kim Woo-choong, 69, revered as a giant of South Korea's rush to industrialisation and turning Daewoo into one of the country's most powerful chaebol, or family-owned conglomerates, was detained on Tuesday on his return home from Vietnam.] 

A South Korean businessman walks past the former headquarters of the Daewoo group in Seoul June 17, 2005. A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for the former head of the Daewoo business empire, who fled South Korea when the group collapsed six years ago, but leaders of other conglomerates urged leniency. Kim Woo-choong, 69, revered as a giant of South Korea's rush to industrialisation and turning Daewoo into one of the country's most powerful chaebol, or family-owned conglomerates, was detained on Tuesday on his return home from Vietnam. REUTERS/You Sung-Ho LJW/DY 

Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, talks to reporters as he is transferred to a detention house from the prosecutors' office in Seoul June 16, 2005. A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Kim, who fled South Korea when the group collapsed six years ago, but leaders of other conglomerates urged leniency. 

Chairman of SK Group, Chey poses for photographers during a meeting among leaders of South Korean conglomerates and the PM in Seoul. The chairman of SK Group, Chey Tae-won (L), poses for photographers as the chairman of Hyundai and Kia Motors Chung Mong-koo looks on during a meeting among leaders of South Korean conglomerates and Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan (unseen) at a hotel in Seoul, June 16, 2005. A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for the former head of the Daewoo, Kim Woo-choong, who fled South Korea when the group collapsed, while leaders of other powerful conglomerates called for the release of their former colleague. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won 

An official talks to South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan during a meeting with leaders of South Korean conglomerates in Seoul. An official whispers to South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan (C) as Chairman of Hyundai and Kia Motors, Chung Mong-koo (L) looks on during a meeting with leaders of South Korean conglomerates in Seoul June 16, 2005. A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for the former head of the Daewoo, Kim Woo-choong, who fled South Korea when the group collapsed, while leaders of other powerful conglomerates called for the release of their former colleague. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won 

(R-L) South Korea's Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan and Chairman of Federation of Korean Industries Kang Shin-ho pose prior to their meeting in Seoul, June 16, 2005. A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for the former head of the Daewoo, Kim Woo-choong, who fled South Korea when the group collapsed, while leaders of other powerful conglomerates called for the release of their former colleague. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won LJW/NL 

(R-L) South Korea's Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan, Chairman of Federation of Korean Industries Kang Shin-ho, Chairman of Hyundai and Kia Motors Chung Mong-koo and Chairman of SK Group, Chey Tae-won, pose prior to their meeting at a hotel in Seoul, June 16, 2005. A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for the former head of the Daewoo, Kim Woo-choong, who fled South Korea when the group collapsed, while leaders of other powerful conglomerates called for the release of their former colleague during a meeting with Prime Minister Lee. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won LJW/NL 

Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, talks to reporters as he is transferred to a detention house from the prosecutors' office in Seoul June 16, 2005. A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Kim, who fled South Korea when the group collapsed six years ago, but leaders of other conglomerates urged leniency. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/TC 

Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, gets into a car escorted by investigation officers as he is transferred to a detention house from the prosecutor's office in Seoul June 16, 2005. The man who built the Daewoo Group and fled South Korea when it collapsed in one of the largest bankruptcies ever faced a formal arrest warrant on suspicion of fraud on Thursday. REUTERS/You Sung-Ho KKH/YH 

Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, sits in a car escorted by investigation officers as he is transferred to a detention house from the prosecutor's office in Seoul June 16, 2005. The man who built the Daewoo Group and fled South Korea when it collapsed in one of the largest bankruptcies ever faced a formal arrest warrant on suspicion of fraud on Thursday. REUTERS/You Sung-Ho KKH/YH 

Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, is escorted by investigation officers as he is transferred to a detention house from the prosecutor's office in Seoul June 16, 2005. The man who built the Daewoo Group and fled South Korea when it collapsed in one of the largest bankruptcies ever faced a formal arrest warrant on suspicion of fraud on Thursday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/YH 

Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, is escorted by investigation officers as he is transferred to a detention house from the prosecutor's office in Seoul June 16, 2005. The man who built the Daewoo Group and fled South Korea when it collapsed in one of the largest bankruptcies ever faced a formal arrest warrant on suspicion of fraud on Thursday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/YH 

Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, is escorted by investigation officers as he is transferred to a detention house from the prosecutor's office in Seoul June 16, 2005. The man who built the Daewoo Group and fled South Korea when it collapsed in one of the largest bankruptcies ever faced a formal arrest warrant on suspicion of fraud on Thursday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/YH 

Kim, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, is escorted by investigating officers while transferred to a detention house in Seoul. Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, is escorted by investigating officers as he gets transferred to a detention house from the prosecutors office in Seoul June 16, 2005. The man who built the Daewoo Group and fled South Korea when it collapsed in one of the largest bankruptcies ever faced a formal arrest warrant on suspicion of fraud on Thursday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Pictures of the Year 2005 

South Korean pedestrians are reflected on the window of the the former headquarters of Daewoo group in Seoul. South Korean pedestrians are reflected on the window of the the former headquarters of Daewoo group in Seoul June 14, 2005. Kim Woo-choong who created the Daewoo group and fled South Korea when it collapsed in 1999 with about $70 billion in debt was arrested as he returned home on Tuesday, saying he was "a dying fox" seeking to make peace with the past. The letter reads "Daewoo". REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

South Koreans walk out of the former headquarters of Daewoo group in Seoul June 14, 2005. Kim Woo-choong who created the Daewoo group and fled South Korea when it collapsed in 1999 with about $70 billion in debt was arrested as he returned home on Tuesday, saying he was "a dying fox" seeking to make peace with the past. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/JJ 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest former Daewoo Group chairman Kim at an airport in Inchon. Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, upon Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debts of $70 billion returned home on Tuesday and was immediately arrested at the airport. Kim Woo-choong, 69, returned almost six years after the collapse of Daewoo, one of South Korea's powerful chaebol or family owned conglomerates. Prosecutors have said he will most likely face fraud charges for his suspected role in Daewoo's downfall. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution hold former chairman of the Daewoo Group Kim as protesters try to surround Kim in Inchon. Investigators from the South Korean prosecution hold Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, after Kim was arrested as protesters try to surround Kim upon his arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/You Sung-Ho 

Policemen make a passageway for a police car carrying former chairman of the Daewoo Group Kim at an airport in Inchon. Policemen make a passageway for a police car carrying Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, as protesters attempt to surround the police car after Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/You Sung-Ho 

An investigator from the South Korean prosecution and a policeman block photographer from taking pictures of former chairman of the Daewoo Group Kim in Inchon. An investigator (C) from the South Korean prosecution and a policeman (L) block a photographer from taking pictures of Kim Woo-choong (not in picture), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, as Kim departs for the prosecution office, at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/You Sung-Ho 

Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, gets out of a car after arriving at the prosecutors' office in Seoul June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/CN 

Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, is surrounded by reporters as he arrives at the prosecutors' office in Seoul June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/CN 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest former Daewoo Group chairman Kim at an airport in Inchon. Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, upon Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debts of $70 billion returned home on Tuesday and was immediately arrested at the airport. 

Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, arrives at the prosecutors' office in Seoul June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/CN 

Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, is escorted by investigators from the prosecution as he arrives at the prosecutors' office in Seoul June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/CN 

Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, reacts as he arrives at the prosecutors' office in Seoul June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KKH/CN 

Kim former chairman of the Daewoo Group, takes a break at a room of the customs immigration and quarantine office after he was arrested by investigators at an airport in Inchon. Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of the Daewoo Group, takes a break at a room of the customs immigration and quarantine office after he was arrested by investigators from the South Korean prosecution upon his arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, early June 14, 2005. The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debts of $70 billion returned home on Tuesday and was immediately arrested at the airport. 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest former Daewoo Group chairman Kim at an airport in Inchon. Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, upon Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debts of $70 billion returned home on Tuesday and was immediately arrested at the airport. Kim Woo-choong, 69, returned almost six years after the collapse of Daewoo, one of South Korea's powerful chaebol or family owned conglomerates. Prosecutors have said he will most 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest former Daewoo Group chairman Kim at an airport in Inchon. Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest Kim Woo-choong (2nd R), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, upon Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debts of $70 billion returned home on Tuesday and was immediately arrested at the airport. Kim Woo-choong, 69, returned almost six years after the collapse of Daewoo, one of South Korea's powerful chaebol or family owned conglomerates. Prosecutors have said he will most 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest former Daewoo Group chairman Kim at an airport in Inchon. Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, upon Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debts of $70 billion returned home on Tuesday and was immediately arrested at the airport. 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest former Daewoo Group chairman Kim at an airport in Inchon. Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, upon Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. Kim, 69, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion almost six years ago, returned home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, upon Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debts of $70 billion returned home on Tuesday and was immediately arrested at the airport. Kim Woo-choong, 69, returned almost six years after the collapse of Daewoo, one of South Korea's powerful chaebol or family owned conglomerates. Prosecutors have said he will most
likely face fraud charges for his suspected role in Daewoo's downfall. 

Investigators from the South Korean prosecution arrest Kim Woo-choong (C), former chairman of the Daewoo Group, upon Kim's arrival at an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, June 14, 2005. The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debts of $70 billion returned home on Tuesday and was immediately arrested at the airport. Kim Woo-choong, 69, returned almost six years after the collapse of Daewoo, one of South Korea's powerful chaebol or family owned conglomerates. Prosecutors have said he will most
likely face fraud charges for his suspected role in Daewoo's downfall. 

A view of the Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi where former [chairman of Daewoo group Kim Woo Choong is expected to depart for South Korea] on June 13, 2005. [Kim, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion will return home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud, a former Daewoo spokesman said on Monday.] 

A South Korean cameraman films the Asiana Airlines' check-in counter while waiting for the appearance of former chairman of the Daewoo group Kim Woo-choong at the Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi June 13, 2005. Former Chairman of the Daewoo group Kim, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion will return home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud, a former Daewoo spokesman said. REUTERS/Kham Kham/KS 

A Vietnamese security guard looks on as three cars, one of which is believed to be carrying former chairman of the Daewoo Group Kim, are seen in Hanoi. A Vietnamese security guard looks on as three cars, one of which is believed to be carrying former chairman of the Daewoo Group Kim Woo-choong, are seen at the Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi June 13, 2005. Kim, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion will return home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud, a former Daewoo spokesman said. REUTERS/Kham 

A view of the Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi where former chairman of Daewoo group Kim is expected to depart. A view of the Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi where former chairman of Daewoo group Kim Woo Choong is expected to depart for South Korea on June 13, 2005. Kim, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion will return home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud, a former Daewoo spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Kham 

Vietnamese residents pass by Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, a venture of South Korean Daewoo group, in Hanoi June 13, 2005. Former Chairman of the Daewoo group Kim Woo Choong, who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when it collapsed with debt of $70 billion will return home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud, a former Daewoo spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Kham Kham/KI 

- FILE PHOTO AUG99 - Kim Woo-choong, the fugitive founder of the now defunct Daewoo Group of South Korea, is seen in Seoul in this August 1999 file photo. The country's Public Prosecutors' office said it had issued a warrant for Kim's arrest on Tuesday. Kim fled the country in 1999 after Daewoo, once the country's second largest conglomerate collapsed in July of that year in the wake of 1997 economic crisis. 

Yi-Min Hwang (L) and Man-Hyeong Yu (R), Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) members and employees at South Korean firm Daewoo, leave Interpol office after a one-hour visit in Lyon, February 27, 2001. [A team of workers of South Korea's bankrupt Daweoo Motor is in France to hunt for their former boss Kim Woo-choong, the fugitive founder of now defunct Daewoo Group. The team of union members are in Europe to search for Kim Woo-choong and demand the halt in lay-offs of workers.] 

Yu Man Hyoung, a Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) member and employee at South Korean firm Daewoo, holds a poster with photos during a protest near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, February 27, 2001. A team of workers of South Korea's bankrupt Daweoo Motor are in France to hunt for their former boss Kim Woo-choong, the fugitive founder of now defunct Daewoo Group. The team of union members are in Europe to search for Kim Woo-choong and demand the halt in lay-offs of workers. Sign reads, "Stop the repression against South Korean workers." 

Yu Man Hyoung (L), Hyang ly Min (C), and Park Jum-Kyu (R), Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) members and employees at South Korean firm Daewoo, stand behind a banner and shout slogans during a protest near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, February 27, 2001. A team of workers of South Korea's bankrupt Daweoo Motor are in France to hunt for their former boss Kim Woo-choong, the fugitive founder of now defunct Daewoo Group. The team of union members are in Europe to search for Kim Woo-choong and demand the halt in lay-offs of workers.

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Yu Man Hyoung, a Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) member and employee at South Korean firm Daewoo, holds a poster with photos during a protest near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, February 27, 2001. A team of workers of South Korea's bankrupt Daweoo Motor are in France to hunt for their former boss Kim Woo-choong, the fugitive founder of the now defunct Daewoo Group. The team of union members are in Europe to search for Kim Woo-choong and demand the halt in lay-offs of workers. Sign reads, "Stop the repression against South Korean workers.

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A protester, wearing a mask of former Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong, attends a rally as other protesters burn a mock coffin of Kim in Pupyong, west of Seoul February 10, 2001. Hundreds of union workers of Daewoo Motor demanded the government to arrest Kim Woo-choong, who has been accused of amassing billions of dollars in slush funds. The sign on the protester's chest reads, "Kim Woo-choong".

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A member of the Korea Youth Progress Party is arrested by police at former Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong's house in Seoul, where about 40 protesters held a sudden demonstration February 9, 2001. The state prosecutor's office said last week it was investigating Kim over allegations that $1.75 billion was transferred from the now dismembered Daewoo Group to secret accounts in London. The head band reads, "Suicide corps for arrest of Kim Woo-choong".

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Wearing a mask of South Korea's former Daewoo Group chairman Kim Woo-choong, a South Korean protester sits in front of a mock wanted poster of Kim in Seoul January 17, 2001. The union workers of the bankrupt Daewoo Motor asked the South Korean government to investigate Kim Woo-choong for alleged mismanagement of the automaker's operations.

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Holding a mock wanted poster of former Daewoo Group chairman Kim Woo-Choong, Daewoo Motor union workers chant slogans during a protest in Seoul January 17, 2001. About 400 of the unionised workers gathered for a strike rally to protest over mass layoffs.

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A worker of South Korea's bankrupt Daewoo Motor union chants anti-government slogans at a protest near a governmental office building in Seoul January 5, 2001. The union said the company had pursued job cuts unilaterally and threatened a strike as they asked prosecutors to investigate former Daewoo Group chairman Kim Woo-choong for alleged mismanagement of the automaker's operations at home and abroad. The head band reads, "Defend the right to live desperately!".

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A labour union worker of South Korea's bankrupt Daewoo Motor shouts slogans not to sell the automaker to foreign company at a protest near a government office building in Seoul January 5, 2001. The union said the company had pursued job cuts unilaterally and threatened a strike as they asked prosecutors to investigate former Daewoo Group chairman Kim Woo-choong for alleged mismanagement of the automaker's operations at home and abroad.

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A South Korean woman walks past the logo of Daewoo Group in Seoul January 5, 2001. South Korea's bankrupt Daewoo Motor labour union asked prosecutors on Thursday to investigate former Daewoo Group chairman Kim Woo-choong for alleged mismanagement of the automaker's operations at home and abroad.

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