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Samsung, who expected a suspended sentence, was shocked when Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the general manager, returned to prison. The business community expressed concern that it could have a negative impact on the economy, and Samsung's stock price fell a lot.
This is Han Sang-woo.
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news of vice chairman Lee Jae-yong's legal arrest, Samsung Group's stocks were weak at the same time.
Samsung Electronics fell 3.4%, and Samsung C&T, the largest shareholder of Vice Chairman Lee, plunged more than 6%, and the market was sensitive to the uncertainty that the business gap would bring.
The business community, who pleaded for the election of Vice Chairman Lee, was concerned about the negative impact on the Korean economy, saying, "Even if there is no problem with short-term performance due to the role of a professional manager, there is inevitable disruption in mid- to long-term strategies such as large-scale investments and M&As due to the absence of the total number."
Faced with the absence of the total number again after three years, Samsung is expected to enter an emergency management system.
When Vice-Chairman Lee was first arrested in 2017, there is an analysis that there will be no major confusion as the system has already changed from a total number to a professional manager for each affiliate.
[Park Joo-geun/CEO of CEO Score: There may be short-term problems such as delaying the execution of enormous investments, but from a long-term perspective, I think Samsung will also increase overall rookie as a signal that it will be punished for doing illegal work.]
Even in the absence of the total number, artificial intelligence and next-generation mobility Whether it will be able to consistently invest in future growth engines such as telecommunications and biotechnology, Samsung's risk management capabilities have been put to the test.