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It was confirmed that the prosecution investigating the suspicion of succession in the management of the Samsung Group summoned Lee Young-ho, the representative of Samsung C & T Corporation, for the first time. The only key figure that has not yet been notified of the summons, vice president Lee Jae-yong, seems to be imminent.

This is a report from Lee Hyun-young.

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Young-Ho Lee, CEO of Samsung C & T, attended the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office and was investigated today as the suspect.

Lee was the chief financial officer of Samsung C & T in 2015 when Samsung C & T merged with Cheil Industries.

This is the first prosecutor's investigation of this representative.

From the time of the merger, Lee was known as the person who persuaded the merger with the chairman of Samsung C & T's board of directors Choi Jong-jung, who visited the former president of the Future Strategy Office, saying, "You can solve the ring of circular investment."

The prosecution suspected that Lee had deliberately dropped the stock price by not disclosing favorable information on Samsung C & T's share price, including orders for overseas power plant construction.

As a result, Samsung C & T seems to have merged with Jae-Yong Lee, the vice chairman of Cheil Industries, the largest shareholder, at an advantageous rate of nearly three times.

The prosecutors called back former President Jong-Jung Kim yesterday to investigate and called several of the top executives from Samsung, including Chairman Choi Chi-hoon and CEO Kim Tae-han, CEO of Samsung Bio.

As the prosecution conducted the investigation into the representative investigation by Lee Young-ho, it is expected that the time for the summons of Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jae-Yong Lee will be coordinated after the policy for the recruitment of senior executives is set.

(Video coverage: Doowon Yang, Video editing: Yumira)