SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's environment ministry said it plans to file a criminal complaint later on Tuesday against the head of the South Korean unit of Volkswagen AG (DE:VOWG_p) and Audi AG (DE:NSUG) over an emissions test cheating scandal.
The complaint against Johannes Thammer, managing director of Audi Volkswagen Korea, says that a recall plan submitted by the German automakers failed to address key elements required under the country's environment law, the ministry said in a statement.
In November, South Korea, after conducting its own emissions test, fined the German automaker a record 14.1 billion won ($11.7 million) and ordered a recall of 125,522 vehicles.
Volkswagen submitted a recall plan on Jan. 6 at the request of the ministry.