( July 31, 2017, 06:10 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of multi-level marking company Canai Korea in an appeal against the Korea Fair Trade Commission over charges of dominance abuses, Asia Economy reports.South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of multi-level marking company Canai Korea in an appeal against the Korea Fair Trade Commission over charges of dominance abuses, Asia Economy reports. In September 2015, the company received a corrective order and fines of 258 million won ($230,096) for forcing its salespeople to purchase a company product worth more than 6 million won within eight weeks after being employed, otherwise bonus payments would not be made. The company filed an appeal to cancel the fine and won the suit. The case was then brought to the Supreme Court, which also ruled in favor of the company, ordering the regulator to return thes fines and saying there was insufficient evidence of the alleged violation....
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