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Samsung Vice Chairman, Lee Jae-Yong, Receives Five-Year Prison Sentence

Uloma Mary Omolaiye by Uloma Mary Omolaiye
August 25, 2017
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Samsung has been navigating choppy waters recently. The saga of fiery devices led to a plummet in sales, followed by issues with counterfeit batteries. Now, Lee Jae-Yong, the elusive figurehead of this renowned smartphone brand, finds himself entangled in a convoluted legal scandal.

Defying our anticipation of the defense presented by Lee Jae-Yong’s legal team, the billionaire son of Samsung’s Chairman received a five-year prison sentence on offenses encompassing bribery and corruption. His prosecutors had initially proposed a daunting 12-year term.

This verdict could not have arrived at a more critical time for the electronic juggernaut. Samsung had been striving to regain customer trust through their newly released Note 8 series, following the ignominy related to their combustible devices. Samsung, the largest family-run conglomerate, is understood to contribute a staggering 15% to the nation’s overall revenue through its electronics business.

This trial extraordinarily also involved Park Geun-hye, the then South Korean President, who fell from grace after being found guilty of accepting bribes from the business magnate. She was also accused of making “aggressive demands” of Samsung.

Judge Kim Jin-dong, who delivered the verdict, emphasized that justice must always prevail, sternly advocating cessation of any relations between government officials and business luminaries that could potentially facilitate law evasion. He voiced:

“The public is disappointed that this kind of large-scale crime caused by cozy relations between politics and business still happens—it’s not in the past but a reality.”

Lee was convicted for bribing former president Park in return for governmental support for a merger, which further fortified his control over Samsung. His other offenses included perjury, concealing criminal profits, embezzlement, and hiding assets overseas.

As predictable as clockwork, Lee rejected all allegations against him. His legal team disapproved of the court’s decision and are presently contemplating an appeal. Given South Korea’s history of leniency towards corporate leaders in sentencing, there may yet be a twist in the tale.

In the aftermath of the trial, President Moon’s spokesperson expressed hope that Lee’s case would usher in “an opportunity to eradicate the long standing cozy relations between politics and business, which have been an obstacle to further advancing our society.”

Accompanying the Samsung chief in this legal debacle were four other Samsung executives also found guilty of similar offenses during the trial. Their penalties, however, were less severe, ranging from two and a half to four years.

The billion-dollar question now remains, what’s next for the electronics titan?

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