Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong (52) of Samsung Electronics, who is prosecuting for suspicion over the merger of Samsung C&T-Cheil Industries and the succession of management rights, has requested that the prosecution investigation committee be called.

According to the legal community on the 3rd, Vice-Chairman Lee Jong-joong (64) and the lawyer of the former Samsung Future Strategy Office (64) filed with the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office of the investigation the day before.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office will hold the Public Prosecutors' Citizenship Committee as early as next week to discuss the matter of passing the case, including Vice President Lee, to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's investigation hearing.

The Public Prosecutors' Citizenship Committee will establish a deliberation committee (15 members) that will determine whether it is necessary to convene the Supreme Prosecutor's Office by random lottery.

In this process, it is also necessary to prepare the case description of the case under consideration and issue it to the citizens.

In particular, considering that the case itself is complicated and the number of people involved is so long that citizens need time to understand the content, the Citizens' Committee is expected to be held next week.

If the Citizen's Committee of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office decides to convene an investigation deliberation committee, the Attorney General must accept it and convene a prosecution investigation committee.

The direction of prosecution and prosecution of prosecutors regarding'Samsung merger and suspicion of suspicion', which have been brought to the office for about 1 year and 6 months, may be decided by experts outside the prosecution.

The Investigation Deliberation Committee was introduced in 2018 as a system to deliberate on the investigation process of cases where public suspicions are raised or social interests are concentrated, and to evaluate the legality of the investigation results.

The Investigation Deliberation Committee determines whether the investigation continues, prosecutes or prosecutes, whether to request or reclaim a warrant, and evaluates the appropriateness and legality of the prosecuted or prosecuted case.

However, if it is convened not by the Attorney General's office but by an applicant related to a case, such as a complainant, a victim, or a suspect, the Investigation Deliberation Committee does not make a judgment on whether to request or reclaim a arrest warrant.

The person involved in the case can apply to the Citizen's Committee of the Prosecutor's Office to convene the investigation committee.

The Seoul Central District Attorney's Office for Economic Crime and Criminal Justice (Lee Bok-hyun, Lee) is conducting an internal review of the judiciary and the level of law enforcement after investigating the vice-president twice as the suspect on the 26th and 29th of last month.

Prosecutors prior to this are Choi Ji-sung (69), the head of the former Samsung Future Strategy Office (Vice President), Kim Jong-jung, the former head of the Strategic Team (Chairman), Choi Chi-hoon (63), Chairman of the Samsung C&T Board of Directors, Lee Young-ho (61), Samsung C&T President, Hyun-ho Jeong (60), Samsung Electronics Business support TF head (President), Kim Tae-Han (63) Samsung Bio CEO and former Samsung executives and integrated Samsung C&T affiliates, including senior and current senior executives, were surveyed.

The prosecution decided to finalize the investigation during this month, and decided to decide the direction of the recruitment, including requesting a warrant for arrest, including Vice Chairman Lee.

The vice-president was said to have denied the allegations in both investigations, saying "nothing was reported or ordered."