- Title: File of Samsung heir ahead of retrial in bribery scandal
- Date: 24th October 2019
- Summary: In January 2017, the special prosecution sought a warrant to arrest Lee after questioning him for more than 22 hours, accusing him of paying bribes to win the state pension fund's support for the controversial merger of Samsung C&T Corp and Cheil Industries Inc. However, a Seoul court rejected that request. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE - JANUARY 18, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** LEE ARRIVING AT SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S BUILDING LEE WALKING INTO ELEVATOR SURROUNDED BY MEDIA SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE - FEBRUARY 16, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT BUILDING LEE GETTING OUT OF CAR AND WALKING TOWARDS COURT ENTRANCE LEE WALKING INTO ENTRANCE LEE LEAVING COURT BUILDING SURROUNDED BY MEDIA
- Embargoed: 7th November 2019 03:31
- Keywords: file president Samsung court bribery trial political scandal Jay Y. Lee Park Geun-hye
- Location: SEOUL, INCHEON, UIWANG, SOUTH KOREA / HAGEN, GERMANY
- City: SEOUL, INCHEON, UIWANG, SOUTH KOREA / HAGEN, GERMANY
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
- Reuters ID: LVA007B2HIA13
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Seoul High Court is planning to hold Samsung's de facto chief Jay Y. Lee's retrial on the influence-peddling scandal on Friday (October 25) as South Korea's Supreme Court overturned part of an appeals court bribery conviction against Lee in late August.
The Supreme Court said the interpretation by the Seoul High Court on what constituted bribes by Samsung to then-President Park Geun-hye was too narrow and returned the case to the appellate court.
Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, was sentenced in 2017 to five years imprisonment for bribing a friend of Park as he sought to succeed his father and strengthen control of Samsung Group. He was freed after a year in detention when the appellate Seoul High Court halved his sentence and suspended it for four years.
After the Supreme Court's ruling, Lee's lawyer denied Samsung received any favors from Park and said any payment made by Samsung was in response to a demand from the now-deposed leader, an argument it had made in lower court trials.
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