- Title: Samsung heir appears at court for his bribery trial
- Date: 25th October 2019
- Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (OCTOBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** HEIR OF SAMSUNG GROUP, JAY Y. LEE, GETTING OFF VAN AND WALKING TOWARD COURT (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) HEIR OF SAMSUNG GROUP, JAY Y. LEE, SAYING: "I feel very sorry for causing concerns for many people." LEE WALKING TOWARD COURT BUILDING PROTESTER CHANTING (Korean): "ARREST JAY Y. LEE" PROTESTERS CHANTING AND BEING BLOCKED BY GUARD EXTERIOR OF SEOUL HIGH COURT SIGN READING (Korean): "COURT"
- Embargoed: 8th November 2019 01:43
- Keywords: South Korea Samsung Jay Y. Lee retrial court arrival bribery trial Seoul High Court
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2LGAX3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee appeared at a Seoul High Court on Friday (October 25) for the start of a bribery trial that could result in a tougher sentence after South Korea's top court ordered a review of his graft case.
Lee stepped out of a van to a throng of journalists and made a brief comment but did not answer questions about the accusation he gave bribes to influence former South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
"I feel very sorry for causing concerns for many people," a sombre Lee said, bowing his head and walking into the Seoul High Court as anti-Samsung protesters jeered.
The Supreme Court overturned in August part of an appeals court bribery conviction against Samsung's de facto chief, who had been given a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence for seeking favours from former president Park.
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