Samsung chief freed on parole a year early
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong has walked out of prison a year early in a parole decision demonstrating the conglomerate’s influence in South Korea, as well as continuing leniency for bosses who commit corporate corruption.
Wearing a grey suit and a face mask, Mr Lee left the prison near Seoul to a barrage of camera flashes and bowed in apology over the anger ignited by his bribery and embezzlement conviction, which was related to the corruption scandal that toppled South Korea’s previous president in 2017.
