Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong faces corruption verdict
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Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong faces corruption verdict
AFP / Jan 18, 2021, 09:20 IST
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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong
SEOUL: The de facto chief of South Korea's Samsung business empire faces the verdict Monday in his retrial over a sprawling corruption scandal, a ruling that could see him jailed for years, depriving the tech giant of its top decision-maker.
Officially, Lee Jae-yong is vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, but he has effectively been at the head of the massive Samsung group for several years after his father was left bedridden by a heart attack, finally dying in October.