Preparation for departure from the US on the day of arrest…
The government was trying to negotiate with the envoy status.
Vice-Chairman Lee was trying to save the US Nova vaccine, the’Vaccine End King’
Made with traditional vaccine manufacturing method and can be stored at room temperature
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It is reported that Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was preparing to leave the country to secure a vaccine for the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the request of the government. On the 18th, when Lee was sentenced to two years and six months in prison at a repatriation trial for the destruction of Gukjeong Nongdan, the plan was destroyed.
According to the business community on the 19th, Vice Chairman Lee was preparing for a business trip to secure the Nova vaccine, a corona 19 vaccine, as a government envoy after the trial on the 18th. In the Seoul Court, Samsung made up the Compliance Committee at the ruling repatriation of Gukjeong Nongdan by Vice Chairman Lee, but judged that it was not effective, it sentenced Lee to two years and six months in prison and imprisoned the court.
An official in the industry confirmed that “I know that the government requested that Vice Chairman Lee come out as a negotiator to get the quantity,” and confirmed that the fact that Vice Chairman Lee was preparing to leave the country was correct.
The government has recently promoted the introduction of a vaccine from NovaVax in the United States. Unlike the four vaccines that have already been contracted, it is made with the traditional vaccine manufacturing method’synthetic antigen method’, so it has high stability and has a long shelf life because it can be stored at room temperature. The price is also low.
It is interpreted that the government, which was struggling with securing the vaccine, asked Lee Vice-Chairman to increase its bargaining power while jumping overseas to secure the NovaVax vaccine in the United States, led by a private pharmaceutical company. The government’s request was made a long time ago, but it is known that the trial schedule was delayed several times, causing overseas business trips to be aligned with the trial schedule. Vice-Chairman Lee’s preparation for business trip was in case he was sentenced to probation.
The business community is making observations that tangible and intangible damage will occur due to the difficulty of using his personal network due to the arrest of Vice Chairman Lee. A business official said, “There will not be one or two canceled overseas schedules due to Vice Chairman Lee’s arrest,” he said. “It will be difficult to reproduce the issues that Lee has solved not only by Samsung but also by using human networks.” .
Samsung secured 93 tons of MB filters, which are essential for mask manufacturing, for three months at the request of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy when a mask uprising occurred in Korea at the beginning of the spread of Corona 19 in March last year. It is known that the use of Samsung Electronics and Samsung C&T’s global supply chain played a key role in the rear support of Vice Chairman Lee.
/ Reporter Byun Soo-yeon [email protected]
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