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Korea court rejects arrest warrant for Samsung chief

Thursday, 19 January 2017 6:59 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 19 January 2017 6:59 PM ]

Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong leaves a detention centre after a court refused to issue an arrest warrant over his role in a corruption scandal engulfing President Park Geun-Hye, in Seoul early on January 19, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Frank Smith
Press TV, Seoul

A South Korean court has denied a request to arrest the de facto head of Samsung Group Lee Jae-yong. The ruling cited a lack of evidence against the 48-year-old executive. Prosecutors had sought the arrest of Lee Jae-Yong on charges of bribery, embezzlement and perjury as part of an investigation into a corruption scandal that has led to the impeachment of the south Korean president. From the South Korean capital Press TV’s Frank Smith reports.

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