Samsung board chairman Lee Jae-yongwas on the agenda for a long time due to the bribery scandal and was subsequently arrested.
For those who don’t know, in the past years Samsung chairman of the board Lee Jae-yongPresident of South Korea in response to the government’s support Park Geun-Hyeand with it another close friend of the head of state founded To the Choi Foundation He was also arrested for making payments of close to $25 million. The company, which had a hard time due to this scandal, left these scandals behind depending on time. This topic has now come up again because to the news According to President Yoon Suk-yeol, on the occasion of August 15 National Independence Day announced the pardon of 1,691 prisoners, including Lee. This pardon was the first special pardon since Yoon took office in May. A similar pardon was reportedly applied to Lee Jae-yong’s father as well.
Lee Jae-yong also apologized publicly for what happened. Appearing in front of journalists in Samsung’s building, Lee bowed three times to show his regret about what happened. Lee is here, “Our technology and products are hailed as top-notch, but the public’s view of Samsung is still harsh. My fault. I apologize” he said.
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Lee Jae-yong, who has been the head of Samsung since his father Lee Kun-hee suffered a heart attack in 2014, will reportedly now be closely involved in all the operations of the company and will be directly involved in the process.