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prosecution investigation deliberation committee is currently being held to judge whether it is appropriate to hand over Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jae-yong Lee, who is accused of illegal succession of management rights. Connect on-site reporters.

Reporter Kang Chung-wan, the deliberation committee is in progress right now?

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Yes. The Prosecution Investigation Deliberation Committee has been held at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office from 10:30 am.

After the morning meeting, it is known that lunch is currently taking place. At today's meeting (26th), judging the validity of prosecution of Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jae-Yong Lee, 15 people selected from legal, academic, media, and civic groups participated I did.

The prosecution and the vice-president's lawyers handed out 50 pages of A4 papers to the committee members and explained their logic in the form of a presentation.

Prosecutors believe that Samsung committed illegalities in the process of merging Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T Corporation to succeed in vice president Lee's management and strengthen his control, and that the vice chairman also reported or instructed the process.

In response, Samsung is expected to argue that there were no quotes and accounting fraud claimed by the prosecution and that there was nothing reported or ordered by Vice Chairman Lee.

Attorney General Lee Bok-hyun, deputy prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office of Economic Crime and Criminal Justice, attended the prosecutor's office, and at the vice-president's side, lawyers from special prosecutors such as Kim Ki-dong, former prosecutor of Busan, etc. were present.

The deliberation committee will hold a meeting until late afternoon to make a judgment on whether or not to prosecute through a vote.