[Breaking] Court Postpones Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong's Trial to Next Month 22... "Difficult to Separate from Other Defendants"
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[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] The criminal trial of Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, who recently underwent surgery for appendicitis while incarcerated, has been postponed.
The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 25-2 (Presiding Judge Park Jeong-je), which is handling Lee's trial, announced on the 22nd that the trial date scheduled for the 25th has been changed to 10 a.m. on the 22nd of next month.
The court stated, "It is inappropriate to separate only Lee Jae-yong's trial among multiple defendants and repeatedly conduct separate procedures."
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Earlier, Lee's defense attorney requested the court to postpone the trial scheduled for the 25th regarding allegations of unfair merger and accounting fraud.
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