Investigators searched the Seoul offices of LG Elec's home appliance head and others and secured documents and computer hard disks related to the IFA electronics fair in Berlin after Samsung accused LG employees of damaging several of its premium washing machines ahead of the show - AFP Photo.
SEOUL: Prosecutors raided the headquarters of LG Electronics on Friday as part of a probe into whether the South Korean company had damaged the washing machines of rival Samsung Electronics at retail stores in Germany, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The raid comes amid an increasingly bitter rivalry between the two companies which compete in home appliances, TVs and smartphones, and ahead of the world's biggest consumer electronics show at Las Vegas in January.
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