“Pardon Lee Jae-yong Immediately” Oh Kyu-seok, Busan Gijang County Governor, Urges Presidential Decision in 5th Appeal Letter

Appeal Letter Sent Urging Pardon for Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics

A part of Okusuk Gijang-gun's 5th appeal letter.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] "A name I would die calling out!"

Oh Gyu-seok, the governor of Busan's Gijang County, once again pleaded for the pardon of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong.

On the 13th, Governor Oh sent his fifth appeal letter for a pardon to President Moon Jae-in.

He began his appeal with "An appeal letter to the honorable President."

“The President said, ‘Many people, including the public, sympathize and understand the difficulties,’ but it is urgent and desperate, so I urge the President to make a decision ‘right now,’” he wrote.

Governor Oh had previously sent appeal letters requesting Lee Jae-yong’s pardon to the President on February 1, April 15, May 10, and June 7.

The biggest reason Governor Oh is sending his fifth appeal letter to bring Lee out of ‘imprisonment’ is the ‘economy.’

Gijang County is developing the ‘Southeast Radiation Medical and Science Industrial Complex,’ a cluster for radiation technology (RT) industries leading the non-nuclear power sector, on a 1,478,772㎡ (about 450,000 pyeong) site with a county investment of 319.7 billion KRW.

This site is where major national projects such as the export-oriented new research reactor development project, heavy ion accelerator, radioactive isotope fusion research infrastructure, and power semiconductor industry cluster development project are being promoted.

Gijang County is expected to be the mecca of the future industrial revolution, creating future food industries for the Republic of Korea.

The county is striving to attract global conglomerates and strong small and medium enterprises to the area.

Among the companies Gijang County is most eager to ‘send love calls’ to is Samsung Electronics. It is believed that professional managers cannot easily make investment decisions while the head of the conglomerate is imprisoned.

Governor Oh is appealing for the President to make a pardon decision immediately, regardless of the court’s ruling.

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