Jae-Yong Lee “Samsung Compliance Office Guaranteed Independent Activities”… Emphasizing the will to comply with the’New Samsung’

[이데일리 피용익 기자] Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with the members of the Samsung Compliance Committee on the 11th and met with the heads to establish the compliance culture of the’New Samsung’. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong at this meeting agreed to order external research services related to the violation of the compliance obligations of Samsung’s top management, including himself, and repeatedly promised to ensure independent activities of the Compliance Committee. Vice-Chairman Lee also decided to regularize interviews with the Compliance Committee in the future.

Vice-Chairman Lee met with Chairman Kim Ji-hyung and other compliance committee members at Seocho Tower of Samsung Life Insurance, Seoul. The interview was held for about 1 hour and 10 minutes from around 9:30 am. Vice-Chairman Lee met with the Compliance Committee three months after an interview made at the request of the committee on October 8 last year.

Vice-Chairman Lee visited the semiconductor business site and Samsung Research in the new year, and then visited the Compliance Committee on this day to emphasize that the will to comply is as important as securing future technologies.

Earlier, Vice Chairman Lee said, “I will not do anything against the law and cause misunderstandings, as well as against the law. No one, including me, will be able to remain as an exception to Samsung. He promised, “The Juniper Committee will fully support it without any problems in its original work.” When the results of research services related to the violation of compliance obligations by top management, including Vice Chairman Lee, are released, it is known that the Quasi-General Committee recommends preventive measures according to the type of risk to Lee and others and plans to check them regularly.

An official from the business community explained, “As the sentence for Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is approaching one week in the future, the meeting with the compliance committee on this day will not affect the trial.” did.

Meanwhile, according to the recommendations of the Compliance Committee, five companies, including,,, and, decided to hold this year’s general shareholders’ meeting online. Samsung Life Insurance and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance decided to consider implementing it from next year. The Compliance Committee is scheduled to hold a meeting with the CEOs of seven Samsung affiliates on the 26th and discuss the role of top management in establishing a compliance culture.

Jaeyong Lee Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics

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