S Korea corporate champion Samsung faces revolt at home

Seoul

SAMSUNG Group, for decades the corporate champion of South Korea, is now facing a revolt at home.

On Monday, hundreds of owners of Samsung Electronics Co's fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 filed a class-action lawsuit demanding compensation. Hours earlier, a South Korean investment advisory firm recommended shareholders vote against vice-chairman Jay Y Lee joining the board, in the strongest public opposition so far to the heir-apparent's ascension.

The twin setbacks come as the phonemaker grapples with the most serious crisis in its 47-year history, the debacle surround…