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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was paroled last week, attended the trial today (19th). It is pointed out that Vice Chairman Lee, who has been restricted from employment, is engaged in business activities immediately after he is released, but Justice Minister Park Beom-gye seems to wrap it around saying there is no problem.



Correspondent Won Jong-jin.



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Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong appeared in a neat appearance after 6 days of parole at the trial on suspicion of illegal management succession, which is being held every Thursday.



[Lee Jae-yong / Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics: (What do you think about the point that the management move is a violation of employment restrictions?) … … .]



Vice Chairman Lee was released, but he is on probation until July next year, and employment restrictions are maintained for five years.



However, immediately after being released from prison, he visited the office and reported on the group's current affairs, causing controversy for violating employment restrictions.



There are currently no clear standards as to the extent to which the management activities of the head of a chaebol who are subject to employment restrictions are legally permissible.



In this situation, Justice Minister Park Beom-gye said that he did not see Lee's actions as a violation of employment restrictions.



[Park Beom-gye/Minister of Justice: As an unregistered executive, if you do not participate in the board of directors, you cannot participate in the decision-making mentioned above. You have to look at the degree to which it is, but isn't it difficult to see it as a job... .]



Minister Park was also pointed out that there would be no problem if management activities were conducted in an unregistered, unpaid, part-time state, and suggested guidelines.



NGOs have been criticized.



It is saying that Minister Park is using a trick to allow business activities in effect while avoiding criticism that he does not loosen the employment restrictions.



[Park Sang-in/Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University: In fact, there are many cases in which our chaebol system does not take on registered executives now or actually manages them while evading legal responsibility in that way? So, I think this is not something that can be said as the Minister of Justice.] The



Gyeongsil-ryun has foretold the accusation of Vice Chairman Lee for violating employment restrictions.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Hwang Ji-young)