{"id":319483,"date":"2021-08-09T18:51:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/samsung-exec-jay-y-lee-expected-to-leave-prison-friday\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:51:12","slug":"samsung-exec-jay-y-lee-expected-to-leave-prison-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/samsung-exec-jay-y-lee-expected-to-leave-prison-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"#Samsung exec Jay Y. Lee expected to leave prison Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Samsung exec Jay Y. Lee expected to leave prison Friday<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Samsung Electronics\u00a0vice chairman Jay Y. Lee, in jail after convictions for bribery, embezzlement and other charges, has qualified for parole and is expected to leave prison this Friday, South Korea\u2019s justice ministry said.<\/p>\n

But he still has\u00a0other\u00a0serious\u00a0legal\u00a0woes.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors argue the 2015 $8 billion merger of two\u00a0Samsung\u00a0companies \u2014\u00a0Samsung\u00a0C&T Corp and Cheil Industries \u2014 involved unlawful activities aimed at cementing\u00a0Lee\u2019s\u00a0control of the conglomerate.<\/p>\n

He was indicted in September 2020, accused of unfair transactions and manipulation of market prices under the Capital Markets Act, breach of trust during the course of business, and false disclosure and accounting fraud under the External Audit Act.<\/p>\n

Lee has denied the accusations and his lawyers have argued that the merger and its terms fell within the normal scope of business decisions.<\/p>\n

The trial, which began in October, has so far focused on the testimony of one witness, a\u00a0Samsung\u00a0Securities employee, as well as internal documents and emails.<\/p>\n

It is expected to continue until at least late next year due to the complexities of the case and delays in hearings due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Legal\u00a0experts say that if Lee is convicted, he may be sent to jail again. In cases such as these, any sentence, including whether it is suspended or not, will depend on the court\u2019s assessment of how much money a defendant has gained, they say.<\/p>\n

In late June, the Seoul Central District Court ordered that Lee should stand trial to answer accusations concerning unlawful use of a sedative.<\/p>\n

This was at odds with South Korean prosecutors\u2019 plan to seek a 50 million won ($45,000) fine for the alleged unlawful use.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s\u00a0counsel has said the medication was not unlawful as it was part of hospital treatment. In March, an independent panel recommended prosecutors cease investigating Lee over this matter.<\/p>\n

The first hearing is expected to be held on Aug 19.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#Samsung exec Jay Y. Lee expected to leave prison Friday” Samsung Electronics\u00a0vice chairman Jay Y. Lee, in jail after convictions for bribery, embezzlement and other charges, has qualified for parole and is expected to leave prison this Friday, South Korea\u2019s justice ministry said. But he still has\u00a0other\u00a0serious\u00a0legal\u00a0woes. Prosecutors argue the 2015 $8 billion merger of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":319484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/sized-samsung-jay-y-lee.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[113761,77736,70584,77104,72420],"class_list":["post-319483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-8-9-21","tag-electronics","tag-mergers-acquisitions","tag-samsung","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}