Samsung heir News
A South Korean court on Thursday denied a special prosecutor clearance to arrest the head of Samsung Group, the country`s largest conglomerate, amid a graft scandal that has led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
A South Korean judge questioned Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee behind closed doors on Wednesday to decide whether he should be arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal that led parliament to impeach President Park Geun-hye.
Major industrial firms are so intertwined with power in South Korea that citizens joke they live in the "Republic of Samsung".
Lee Jae-yong will be questioned as a suspect in the influence-peddling scandal.
Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong has become a criminal suspect in a widening probe into the corruption and influence-peddling scandal engulfing the impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye.
Samsung Group said 54-year-old Dongjin Koh will take over as president of the mobile communications
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