Chinanews.com, August 10th, according to the "Central News Agency" report, on the 9th local time, the Ministry of Justice of South Korea announced the list of paroles before the Republic of Korea on the 13th. Samsung Electronics Vice President Lee Jae-yong who was imprisoned for bribery and other crimes at the beginning of the year In the column.
But even if he is released on parole, he may still be subject to employment restrictions within 5 years.
Data map: Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of South Korea's Samsung Group.
According to reports, Li Zayong was sentenced to two years and six months in prison on suspicion of bribery in January 2021. After deducting his previous detention, he has about one and a half years in prison.
Li Zaiyong was originally scheduled to complete his sentence in mid-2022.
According to the report, the Parole Review Committee of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea held a four-and-a-half-hour meeting on the afternoon of the 9th to determine the list of paroles on the Liberation Day, including Lee Jae-yong. This time a total of 810 people were released on parole and will be released at 10 a.m. on the 13th. Released.
The Minister of Justice Park Fanjie said after the meeting that he decided to grant Lee Jae-yong on parole after taking into account the national and international impact of the epidemic, social perceptions and attitudes towards serving his sentence.
Li Zairong has served 60% of his sentence at the end of last month, and 50 to 90% of his sentence met the requirements of parole.
However, according to current regulations, Li must be subject to employment restrictions within 5 years after being released on parole.
Park Fanjie said that the issue of restricting employment has not yet been discussed.
Regarding the criticism that Lee Jae-yong was granted special treatment on parole, Park Fanjie explained that there were 244 people who were released on parole in the past three years after serving a sentence of less than 7 years. Lee Jae-yong is not a special case.
After Lee Jae-yong was imprisoned, various groups, led by the business community, repeatedly hoped that the government would grant Lee Jae-yong on parole to "stabilize the economic situation in South Korea." There were also opinions that Samsung’s major investments were delayed because of Lee Jae-yong’s imprisonment.