Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong Honors Company Veteran's Final Journey

Attendance at the 49th Memorial Ceremony of Former Samsung Electronics Advisor Lee Jong-wang

Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong paid his respects to the company's elder statesman alongside his mother, former Leeum Museum Director Hong Ra-hee.

According to religious and business circles on the 13th, Vice Chairman Lee visited Jingwansa Temple on the 11th together with former Director Hong. On that day, the 49th-day memorial service was held at Jingwansa for Lee Jong-wang, former Samsung Electronics legal counsel and head of the legal office, who passed away earlier this year.

During his tenure at the prosecution, Lee served in key positions including Head of the Legal Affairs Department 1 at the Ministry of Justice, Chief of the Criminal Division 1 at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, and Investigation Planning Officer at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. In 2004, he was recruited as Samsung's standing legal counsel and head of the legal office. Although he briefly left Samsung in 2007, he was reinstated as Samsung Electronics legal counsel after Chairman Lee Kun-hee returned to management in 2010, reflecting the chairman's trust in him.

Jingwansa is also the temple where Chairman Lee Kun-hee's memorial tablet is enshrined. The 49th-day memorial service for Chairman Lee was held at Jingwansa on December 12, 2020. It is known that Vice Chairman Lee proposed placing the memorial tablet of the late legal counsel alongside Chairman Lee's at this temple. When the legal counsel passed away suddenly, Vice Chairman Lee suggested to the bereaved family, who were in a state of shock, to hold the 49th-day memorial service at Jingwansa and reportedly covered all related expenses himself.

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