00:00bring us samsung's information if you don't we'll report you to the korean government
00:05a sworn statement says these were the words of the former ceo of cxmt china's dram maker to
00:11engineers who had come from samsung electronics he demanded information and used the threat of
00:16a report to intimidate them the statement was filed by a man surnamed john a former
00:21senior manager at samsung electronics who says it happened in late 2016.
00:27the material demanded the process recipe for 18 nanometer dram which samsung was the first in
00:33the world to develop roughly 600 manufacturing steps plus equipment details at the time 18
00:39niner was seen as a fine process only samsung had pulled off john told the court there was
00:44talk that the chinese government would withhold investment if cxmt couldn't reach 18 them
00:50john was sentenced to seven years in prison on tech leak charges in his first trial and is now
00:56appealing legal experts say if chinese management's involvement is recognized
01:01samsung's position in international disputes will strengthen