South Korea prosecutors seek 5-yr jail term for Samsung Electronics chief in appeals case

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The appeals case comes 10 months after Lee and 13 former Samsung executives were originally acquitted of manipulating stock prices and committing accounting fraud in connection with the merger of Samsung subsidiaries in 2015, a merger that increased his control over the tech giant.
TechCrunch
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He had been accused of ordering a witness in a 2019 trial related to an election law violation to give false testimony.
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Lee, the leader of the Democratic Party, still faces several other trials including for bribery and other charges mostly tied to a $1 billion property development scandal.
The Gazette
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But Lee, who is facing five different trials over corruption and other charges, will likely challenge any guilty verdict he receives, and it’s uncertain whether the Supreme Court would decide on any of the cases before the vote in March 2027.
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