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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
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, Jan 15, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Seoul
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.
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