Lee Jae-yong Sentenced to 2 Years and 6 Months in Prison in Retrial... Taken into Custody (2nd Report)

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is attending the retrial sentencing hearing of the state affairs manipulation case held at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 18th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, who is accused of bribery related to the state affairs manipulation scandal, was sentenced to imprisonment in the retrial on remand on the 18th.

The Seoul High Court Criminal Division 1 (Presiding Judge Jung Jun-young) sentenced Vice Chairman Lee, who was indicted on charges including bribery, to 2 years and 6 months in prison and ordered his detention in court that afternoon. The court stated, "Considering that this trial is a retrial on remand, it is recognized that there are grounds and necessity for detention of the defendant who was sentenced to imprisonment."

Former Samsung Future Strategy Office Chief Choi Ji-sung (Vice Chairman) and former Samsung Future Strategy Office President Jang Choong-ki, who were indicted together, were also sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison and detained in court. Former Samsung Electronics President Park Sang-jin and former Samsung Electronics Executive Director Hwang Sung-soo were sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison with a 4-year probation.

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