Samsung heir subjected to ‘marathon’ questioning in Park scandal
Lee Jae-Yong returned home on Friday after a marathon questioning session by South Korean prosecutors; he is a suspect in the corruption scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-Hye. Prosecutors said they will decide over the weekend whether to seek a warrant and formally arrest Lee on charges of bribery and abuse of power. Lee was named a criminal suspect on Wednesday in a widening investigation into an influence-peddling scandal engulfing Park and her close friend Choi Soon-Sil. Vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics and the son of Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-Hee, he was quizzed for 22 hours over allegations of bribery. Looking exhausted, he did not respond to questions as he left the special prosecutor’s office. "The questioning took a long time because there were many things to check with him and because there were discrepancies" between what investigators believed had happened and Lee’s statement, said prosecutor’s office spokesman Lee Kyu-Chul. If the court issues an a...
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