Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. South Korean court sentences Lee to 2 and a half years in prison over corruption case.
SEOUL, South Korea — Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong is heading back to prison after a South Korean court sentenced him to two and a half years over his involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal that spurred massive protests and ousted South Korea’s then-president. In a much-anticipated retrial on Monday, the Seoul High Court found Lee guilty of bribing then-President Park Geun-hye and her close confidante to win government support for a 2015 merger between two Samsung affiliates. The deal helped strengthen his control over the country’s largest business group.
Lee’s lawyers had portrayed him as a victim of presidential power abuse and described the 2015 deal as part of “normal business activity.” It wasn’t immediately known whether he would appeal. Prosecutors had sought a nine-year prison term for Lee.Lee helms the Samsung group in his capacity as vice president of Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest makers of computer chips and smartphones.
Lee, 52, was sentenced in 2017 to five years in prison for offering 8.6 billion won in bribes to Park and her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil. But he was freed in early 2018 after the Seoul High Court reduced his term to 2½ years and suspended his sentence, overturning key convictions and reducing the amount of his bribes.In 2019, the Supreme Court returned the case to the high court, ruling that the amount of Lee’s bribes had been undervalued.
Let's hope this is Trump on two yesrs.
sad that we live in a world where something like a half swing of justice receives praise.. that rich person buff is still in effect tho, as the prosecutors recommended 9yrs which was cut to a 2.5 yrs sentence. still, the rich person buff
In S.Korea, if you commit a crime, you go to jail. Whether it is the president, the president, a K-pop star, or a sports star, there are no exceptions. Most countries don't punish presidents or major companies. And they think their country is clean. That's stupid.
Here in America..,the soon to be ex-president will get his full pension, 1 million dollars yearly for travel, full health and medical benefits, secret agents security detail, and a 2 billion dollars library. He still gets all of that for committed treason on his own country.
The law stipulates that those who give bribe worth more than half a billion won get 5 years minimum. The judge has bent the rules and given a slap on the wrist. The corrupt judicial system still works for Samsung.
one more victim of Apple, sad destiny of colonies
Apple gonna come swooping in LisaTwitzz
Hi. I see you wrote 'South Korea' but did you know that Koreans don't really like it when you specify 'South' when it's not totally necessary to what you're saying? It's a painful and unwelcome reminder of our divided country. Please consider this in the future. 감사합니다!
What if the world worked the opposite way? Like rich people get longer sentences than poor people. Because they were given more opportunities but still fucked up?
Koreans don't fuck around
susipudjiastuti These korean judges must been have balls of steel
thanks for this news
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