[News Focus] Fate of Samsung, heir hinge on ‘trial of the century’
Aug 8, 2017
With the court ruling on Samsung’s de facto chief scheduled for Aug. 25, questions are being raised over not only the fate of the billionaire himself, but the future of the conglomerate as well. The prosecution on Monday demanded Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong be sentenced to 12 years in jail for his alleged role in a bribery scandal that saw the nation’s president impeached. Lee is facing the harshest criminal sentence ever sought against a chaebol leader. His father, Chairman L