Samsung heir may get prosecutorial reprieve
An external review panel recommends not indicting Lee Jae-yong over alleged accounting fraud linked to a 2015 merger
26 June 2020 - 14:55
Seoul — An external review panel in South Korea recommended that prosecutors do not indict Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong over a 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud, the supreme prosecutors’ office (SPO) said on Friday.
The recommendation could help pave the way for Lee’s attorneys to challenge the justification for the prosecution’s case to try him on charges stemming from the merger of two Samsung affiliates...
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