Samsung heir freed from jail in South Korea after appeal

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been freed from jail after a South Korean appeal court gave him a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence for corruption in connection with a scandal which toppled the country's president.

Samsung heir freed from jail in South Korea after appeal

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been freed from jail after a South Korean appeal court gave him a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence for corruption in connection with a scandal which toppled the country's president.

The ruling clears the way for the vice chairman, who has spent a year in prison, to resume his role at the helm of the technology giant founded by his grandfather.

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