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Prosecutors to decide on Monday whether to arrest Samsung heir

The prosecutors had planned to make the decision on Sunday, but legal deliberations took longer than expected

Published Sun, Jan 15, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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SOUTH Korean prosecutors investigating a major influence-peddling scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-hye said they would decide on Monday whether to arrest the heir to the giant Samsung group over alleged bribery.

Lee Jae-Yong, Samsung Electronics vice-chairman and the son of the group's current chairman Lee Kun-Hee, is accused of approving a decision to pay Ms Park's secret confidante Choi Soon-sil large sums of money to secure favourable decisions.

The junior Lee was quizzed through Thursday and Friday as a criminal suspect, and three other senior Samsung exe…

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