Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been freed from jail after a South Korean court suspended his five year jail term for bribing the country’s ex-president. An appeals court upheld parts of the conviction, but used its discretion to release the executive. South Korea’s supreme court is expected to appeal against the decision. The case gripped … Read more
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye (C) is transferred in a car from Seoul to a detention house in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, on March 31, 2017. Former President Park Geun-hye of South Korea was arrested early Friday as a Seoul court approved the request from prosecutors following her impeachment earlier this month over a … Read more
The trial of Samsung’s de facto head Lee Jae-Yong on a string of corruption charges including bribery and embezzlement has begun in South Korea. Mr Lee was not present at the preliminary hearing, but his lawyer denied all charges on his behalf. The case is linked to a massive scandal that led to the impeachment … Read more
South Korean prosecutors charged the de facto chief of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, with bribery and embezzlement on Tuesday, the latest development in a graft scandal that has rocked the country. Mr. Lee, 48, was arrested on Feb. 17 on suspicion of involvement in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. … Read more
Samsung’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong is to be formally indicted on multiple charges including bribery and embezzlement, prosecutors said. The case is tied to the scandal which led to the impeachment of the country’s president, Park Geun-hye. South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office announced the charges against the de-facto Samsung chief, along with four other company … Read more
Prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for Samsung’s heir apparent over allegations of bribery, perjury and embezzlement. The move against Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Monday is part of an investigation into a massive political corruption scandal that has shaken South Korea’s political and business elites. Lee is now set to appear Wednesday … Read more
Lee was summoned in the afternoon by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in charge of investigation into the scandal of Choi Soon-sil suspected of using her close friendship with the president to win personal gains. Choi, whose friendship with Park dates back to the mid-1970s, has been arrested for abuse of power and attempted … Read more