BRIBERY SCANDAL: Jailed Samsung heir appeals 5-yr sentence

Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee who was found guilty of bribery and has been sentenced to a five-year sentence by Seoul’s Central District Court has filed an appeal against the ruling.

Seoul’s Central District Court confirmed the appeal on its website but did not give any details about the appeal, which will be assigned to a higher court.

Lee was handed a five-year sentence after a six-month trial over a scandal that brought down the then president, Park Geun-hye.

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The court ruled that Lee had paid bribes in anticipation of favours from Park in a watershed for the country’s decades-long economic order dominated by powerful, family-run conglomerates.

Lee who denied any wrongdoing in the case is the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics and son of the Samsung group head Lee Kun-hee.

He is accused of paying nearly $40milliom in bribes to Park’s secret confidante to secure policy favours.

 

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