The court sentenced Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who had been tried for about three years and ten months after being charged with bribing former President Park Geun-hye and Choi Seo-won, an unskilled person.
The Seoul High Court announced that at 2 pm today (18th) at 2 pm, Vice-Chairman Lee was sentenced to two years and six months in prison and would be held in prison.
The court said, "It is possible to positively evaluate the authenticity of the defendant and Samsung side, but in this case it was concluded that it was difficult to meet the sentence conditions," said the court. "Considering all these circumstances, it is inevitable to sentence the defendant, Lee Jae-yong, to jail sentence and arrest in court."
In particular, regarding the activities of the Samsung Compliance Committee, the court said, "It is not enough to conduct creative surveillance activities for new types that will occur in the future." It is necessary to supplement the system, such as managing it as an independent legal type, rather than bribing the past political power. "There is."
Both the prosecutors and special prosecutors and Vice-Chairman Lee can procedurally reappeal the ruling, but this ruling is actually a conclusive ruling against Vice-Chairman Lee, as it is highly likely that the Supreme Court will accept the sentencing for revocation.
The court's sentence for the bribery of Vice Chairman Lee was the fourth judicial decision, after the first, second, and appeals, and today, until the sentence for remand of revocation.
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