The arrest warrant filed by the prosecutor's office against Samsung Electronics vice-president Lee Jae-yong was dismissed by the court.

The vice chairman, who was arrested for a state-run case and released in February 2018 for a probation, was released from the crisis of being imprisoned again in two years and four months.

The arrest warrants of the former Samsung Future Strategy Officer (Vice President) and Jong-Joong Kim, former Strategy Team Leader (President), were also dismissed.

Won Jung-sook, deputy judge for the Seoul Central District Court's warrant, dismissed the arrest warrant, saying, "In contrast to the principle of non-constrained trial, there is a lack of vocation regarding the necessity and adequacy of arresting suspects."

"The basic facts have been clarified, and the prosecution seems to have already secured a considerable amount of evidence through the investigations." "I think it makes sense to make decisions through workshops and hearings."

The Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office of Economic Crime and Criminal Justice on the 4th filed a warrant for arrest by applying for charges such as vice-president control and fraudulent transactions under the Capital Markets Act and violation of the External Audit Law of the Corporation.

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