Prosecutors want nine-year sentence for Samsung heir
Lee Jae-yong is facing charges in a bribery case that rocked South Korea and ignited a backlash against its most powerful conglomerates
Seoul — South Korean prosecutors have requested a nine-year prison term for Samsung Electronics’s Lee Jae-yong, seeking to put the heir apparent back in jail in a bribery case that rocked the nation and ignited a backlash against its most powerful conglomerates.
Special prosecutors proposed the sentence during a Wednesday hearing at the Seoul high court, which will make its ruling in the coming months. “There’s no denying that it has made a lot of positive impact on our society,” according to a transcript of closing arguments from prosecutors, referring to Samsung. “But just because there’s been an economic contribution, there should be no hesitation in legal enforcement based on the rule of law.”..
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