Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong pardoned by South Korean President, gets cleared of bribery charges

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong received a huge relief today. The President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, pardoned Lee on the occasion of next week’s Liberation Day anniversary in the country. Lee Jae-yong can now formally take control of South Korea’s largest conglomerate. Earlier, Lee was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison after being […]

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Korean business leaders fight for Lee Jae-yong to be pardoned next month

South Korean business leaders want Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong to be pardoned and free from all post-prison restrictions. The Samsung leader was sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison and released on parole in August last year, but whether or not President Yoon Suk-yeol will grant a full pardon remains unknown. Samsung’s de-facto […]

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