Samsung: Continues the discussion of the heir of the group insists on his innocence - "Technotron"
Posted By: "TechnoTron" Ap 09, 2017
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The Samsung heir today insisted that he is innocent of the charges that are charged within the "Rasputina" corruption scandal, during his first appearance before the South Korean court which judged him for bribery and other crimes.
De-facto Lee Jae-yong, leader of the largest South Korean business conglomerate and Vice President of Samsung Electronics, denied having made donations to organizations linked to Choi Soon-sil, a friend intimate of the President and nicknamed "Rasputina", to get favorable treatment from the authorities.
Such transfers were carried out "on request of the President to promote cultural development and sports activities, and does not involved any favors in return", said lawyers for Lee, who appeared for the first time in court hand cuffed and dressed in a gray suit.
According to the prosecution, Tycoon authorized the payment of Samsung's 43,000 million won (US$ 37.3 million) to such organizations, in Exchange for approval to a merger of two subsidiaries of the conglomerate that would reinforce control of the clan read about this group, a basic pillar of the national economy.
The legal representatives of Samsung said that this operation "is a restructuring of business activities within the management" and "it was not directed to a transfer of power", according to the testimony gathered by the local agency Yonhap.
Lee, 48-year-old, he won in 2014 with the reins of the conglomerate that brings the fifth part of the GDP when his father, Lee Kun-hee, suffered a heart attack that left him incapacitated.
The Executive remains in custody since the beginning of February, while the statement for your case could be known in late May.
For its part, the former South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, was also arrested pre-emptively last Friday, and the prosecution now has 20 days to submit formal charges against her for her role in the plot of corruption.
The Prosecutor considers that Park and his friend Choi, 60 years and imprisoned since November, conspired to push Samsung and other South Korean business conglomerates to undertake donations to organizations linked to the "Rasputina".
SAMSUNG, TECHNOLOGY, SCANDAL
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"A South Korean court judge Lee Jae-yong for bribery and other crimes in a scandal that already cost the position to the President of this country, Park Geun-hye"
The Samsung heir today insisted that he is innocent of the charges that are charged within the "Rasputina" corruption scandal, during his first appearance before the South Korean court which judged him for bribery and other crimes.
De-facto Lee Jae-yong, leader of the largest South Korean business conglomerate and Vice President of Samsung Electronics, denied having made donations to organizations linked to Choi Soon-sil, a friend intimate of the President and nicknamed "Rasputina", to get favorable treatment from the authorities.
Such transfers were carried out "on request of the President to promote cultural development and sports activities, and does not involved any favors in return", said lawyers for Lee, who appeared for the first time in court hand cuffed and dressed in a gray suit.
According to the prosecution, Tycoon authorized the payment of Samsung's 43,000 million won (US$ 37.3 million) to such organizations, in Exchange for approval to a merger of two subsidiaries of the conglomerate that would reinforce control of the clan read about this group, a basic pillar of the national economy.
The legal representatives of Samsung said that this operation "is a restructuring of business activities within the management" and "it was not directed to a transfer of power", according to the testimony gathered by the local agency Yonhap.
Lee, 48-year-old, he won in 2014 with the reins of the conglomerate that brings the fifth part of the GDP when his father, Lee Kun-hee, suffered a heart attack that left him incapacitated.
The Executive remains in custody since the beginning of February, while the statement for your case could be known in late May.
For its part, the former South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, was also arrested pre-emptively last Friday, and the prosecution now has 20 days to submit formal charges against her for her role in the plot of corruption.
The Prosecutor considers that Park and his friend Choi, 60 years and imprisoned since November, conspired to push Samsung and other South Korean business conglomerates to undertake donations to organizations linked to the "Rasputina".
SAMSUNG, TECHNOLOGY, SCANDAL
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