China News Service, September 19, according to comprehensive Korean media reports, on the 18th, the South Korean Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) rejected the special prosecution team’s application for recusal against Samsung Electronics’ vice-chairman Lee Jae-yong’s trial judge in the “Qianzhengmen” case. .

　　Regarding the reasons for rejection, the court stated that there is no objective and reasonable evidence to prove that the judge may make an unfair and unfair judgment.

　　The South Korean special inspection team expressed regret over this result.

The special prosecution team has stated that Judge Zheng Chaoyong's trial of this case is not consistent enough, and that he will conduct a trial that is beneficial to the defendant based on personal prediction.

Data map: Lee Jae-yong (middle), the actual controller of South Korea's Samsung Group.

　　As a result, Lee Jae-yong-related cases will continue to be heard by the Criminal Court of the Seoul High Court where Zheng Soyong is located.

　　On September 1, 2020, South Korean prosecutors filed a non-detention prosecution against Samsung Electronics’ actual controller and vice chairman Lee Jae-yong.

In February 2017, after Lee Jae-yong was detained and prosecuted in the case of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s “girlfriends doing politics”, three and a half years later, he started a new court “struggle” again.

　　The Economic Crimes Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office filed a non-detention prosecution against Lee Jae-yong on suspicion of improper transactions, market manipulation, and dereliction of duty in the Capital Market Act.

The prosecution believed that Li Zairong was the ultimate person in charge and beneficiary suspected of illegally inheriting the right to operate, and decided to pursue his legal responsibility.

Data map: Cui Soon-sil (left), the core figure involved in the Korean "girlfriends' political affairs" incident.

　　In 2016, Lee Jae-yong was involved in the scandal of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye's "girlfriends doing politics".

The special inspection team proposed that Lee Jae-yong donated and paid bribes to a consortium controlled by Park Geun-hye’s “best friend” Choi Sun-sil to obtain convenience for inheriting Samsung.

He was charged with multiple charges and was prosecuted. He was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment in the first instance, but was released on probation in the second instance.

　　Lee Jae-yong was born in 1968 and is the only son of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kin-hee.

After Li Jianxi fell ill and was admitted to the hospital in 2014, Li Jayong became the actual controller of the group.