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| ▲ Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was accused of bribing former President Park Geun-hye and Choi Seo-won, is present at the destructive and repatriation hearing held at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 18th. | |
| Ⓒ Yoo Seongho |
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On the 18th, a special interview in prison pretending to be Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was sentenced to imprisonment and imprisoned at a farewell trial for the destruction of Gukjeong Nongdan, is spreading through social networks such as Kakao Talk.
The gist of the content is that it is difficult to understand this ruling, and it is difficult to manage the company in Korea, so that the headquarters will be moved to a third country. The Samsung Group said, “Vice-Chairman Lee has never revealed his position while in prison,” and said, “It’s just fake news.”
On the afternoon of the 20th, an article titled’Indoor Special Interview’ began to spread through social media including Kakao Talk and Twitter. The article, which is an A4 sheet of paper, begins with “I am sorry to all the people who love Samsung.” In addition, it is written that this was not something that Vice Chairman Lee himself promoted for bribery in return for succession of management rights, which is the core of this case, but was decided at the group level.
In addition, there was a comment that “it is difficult to understand” about the court’s application of bribery, and there was a story that “it seems too difficult to manage a company in Korea.” It also said that it would move the headquarters of the Samsung Group to a third country through legal procedures in the future.
Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is impersonated during an interview in prison… Samsung “fake news”
About the spread of such content online, the Samsung Group said, “It is not true at all.” A senior executive of the group’s electronic affiliates said, “Vice-chairman Lee has never made any position in prison since the sentence of farewell to destruction,” and “someone is pretending to be vice-chairman Lee and spreading fake news.”
At the group level, when asked what would be the response to the vice-chairman’s impersonation interview, he added, “We do not have a separate countermeasure yet,” and added, “We will look at the dissemination process of the article and review legal action.” .
Meanwhile, the absence of Vice Chairman Lee made it inevitable for Samsung to switch to an emergency management system. In addition, there is a prospect that it will lead to’outdoor management’, taking the example of the time when Vice Chairman Lee was arrested for a year in 2017 in the vicinity of Samsung.
At the time, Vice Chairman Lee is known to have received reports of current issues directly from group officials almost every day, even under arrest, and made decisions.
A Samsung official said, “Nothing has been decided yet.”