Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who is being detained in Seoul detention center, is known to have undergone emergency surgery at Samsung Seoul Hospital after an appendix burst.



Vice-Chairman Lee was transferred from the Seoul Detention Center to Samsung Medical Center yesterday (19th) evening and was reported to have undergone an emergency surgery.



Vice-Chairman Lee is sentenced to two years and six months in prison at a repatriation trial for the destruction of Gukjeong Nongdan in January and is being imprisoned in the Seoul Detention Center.



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