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| ▲ January 20 reported “Jaeyong Lee, prepared to leave the country to secure a vaccine” | |
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| ▲ The Dong-A Ilbo on the first page of January 20, “Jae-yong Lee, was going to go to the UAE to secure a vaccine.” | |
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In response to some media reports that Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was planning to negotiate to secure a Corona 19 vaccine in the UAE as a government envoy if he was sentenced to probation, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is in charge of the Corona 19 vaccine business, said, “We have never discussed it.”
Jae-young Ko, spokesman for the Korea Medical Center <오마이뉴스>“(Vice Chairman Lee’s) overseas business trip is an issue that has not been discussed with the Korea Disease Administration. We do not know whether the report is true.”
<한국경제>Reported that if vice chairman Lee Jae-yong was suspended at the ruling repatriation trial of Gukjeong Nongdan on the 18th, he was going to go on a business trip to the UAE to secure a vaccine as a’government envoy’.
“The talk with the government was going well with the government,” he said through an anonymous industry official. “At the request of the government, Vice Chairman Lee tried to come out as a negotiator to obtain supplies, but the situation turned badly.”
Also <동아일보>Did not specify that it was a’government envoy’, but cited the words of a business official, saying, “The high-ranking officials Lee will contact on this business trip are known to be a person who can exert considerable influence on multinational pharmaceutical companies.” There is an interpretation that it was trying to support negotiations between the government and multinational pharmaceutical companies to accelerate the supply of vaccines.”
However, regarding this report, the Korea Disease Agency, which is in charge of the government’s supply and supply of corona 19 vaccines, has officially revealed that it has not “debated” with Lee, and doubts are raised against the background of the report.
Some media reported on Lee’s plans to travel abroad, emphasizing the possibility of damage in national issues, such as “securing vaccines,” or expressing public opinion expressing regret in the court ruling.