Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong Discharged from Hospital... Returns to Detention Center
[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was discharged from the hospital on the 15th and returned to Seoul Detention Center.
According to legal and business circles, Vice Chairman Lee, who underwent appendicitis surgery and was hospitalized at Samsung Medical Center, was discharged around 6 p.m. on the same day and returned to Seoul Detention Center.
Lee, who had surgery on the 19th of last month, was originally scheduled to return to the detention center on the 9th based on the medical staff's diagnosis that three weeks of hospitalization was necessary, but his recovery was delayed, so he remained hospitalized until this day.
It is known that Vice Chairman Lee lost about 7 kg due to the surgery and hospitalization.
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In January, Lee was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison and detained in court in the retrial of the state affairs manipulation case.
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