Prime Minister Han Deok-soo said he would propose to President Yoon Seok-yeol the pardon of businessmen, including Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin.
In a question about the government held at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 27th, Prime Minister Han said, 'The world is at war with semiconductors, the commander-in-chief is suppressed. ', he said, "I will make a suggestion" to the question of Rep. Park Seong-joong of the People's Power.
Ahead of the 8.15 Liberation Day special envoy, the first special amnesty since President Yoon took office, it is noteworthy whether the amnesty theory for businessmen will escalate as Prime Minister Han announced his intention to amnesty for businessmen.
On the 20th, when President Yoon was asked whether Vice Chairman Lee was pardoned or not, in a question-and-answer session at the Yongsan presidential office on the 20th, President Yoon avoided an immediate answer, saying, "In principle, it is a principle not to mention any scope of the issue of amnesty from the past."
Earlier, Son Kyung-sik, chairman of the Korea Employers' Federation, asked for a pardon review at a meeting with Choo Kyung-ho, deputy prime minister of the economy last month, and the Korea Association of Religious Leaders, one of the seven largest religious leaders in Korea, also sent a petition to President Yoon with the same content the day before.
(Photo = National Assembly Photo Reporters, Yonhap News)