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A committee to review the parole of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong will be held today (9th). If the committee determines that he is eligible for parole, Vice Chairman Lee can be released on the 13th with final approval from Justice Minister Park Beom-gye.
Reporter Ahn Hee-jae reports.
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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in January for bribing former President Park Geun-hye and others.
The parole review committee for Vice Chairman Lee will be held at the Ministry of Justice this afternoon.
The sentence expires in July next year, but as of the end of last month, as of the end of last month, 60% of the sentence was fulfilled, and this time, he was selected for parole review on Liberation Day.
The judging panel consisted of eight outside members, led by Vice Minister of Justice Kang Seong-guk.
The judge's conclusion is expected to come out as early as today, but the final approval of the parole rests with Justice Minister Park Beom-gye.
Amid the conflict between the pros and cons of the economic revitalization logic and the controversy over preferential treatment, Minister Park has kept quiet about the parole of Vice Chairman Lee.
If parole is decided, it is known that Vice Chairman Lee will be released on the 13th.
However, even if Vice Chairman Lee is released on parole, in order to return to the front line of management, the Ministry of Justice has to go through the review of the cancellation of the employment restrictions, and he has to continue the trial of illegal management succession and propofol administration.