"Samsung's own statement was that Aricell had no relationship with Samsung, but rather with S-connect, and at first the working group was confused, but as the investigation progressed, we realised that Aricell was not an independent company, and that all financial affairs etc. were managed by S-connect, which existed more as a business unit. Therefore, the working group and the family [of the victims] believe that S-connect and Aricell are connected".

We invited Samsung SDI to respond to the above allegations of links between it and Aricell (via S-connect), but it did not.