SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors have actually asked for an arrest warrant against Samsung Group beneficiary Jay Y. Lee, they stated on Thursday, in the investigation of a controversial 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud in a thought bid to help his succession strategies.
FILE IMAGE: Samsung Electronic Devices Vice Chairman, Jay Y. Lee, speaks throughout a press conference at a company’s office complex in Seoul, South Korea, Might 6,2020 REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Image
The move spells fresh problem for Lee, who, if detained, deals with a return to prison just a little over 2 years after being launched from detention in February2018
Lee currently faces trial on a charge of bribery targeted at winning support to be successful ailing group patriarch Lee Kun-hee, and which involved former President Park Geun-hye, an