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.