The first trial date for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was charged with the alleged merger of Samsung C&T, has been postponed.
According to law enforcement officials on the 22nd, the 25-2 of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement (Directors Jeong-Je Park, Sarang Park, and Seongsu Kwon) changed the trial date for Vice Chairman Lee, scheduled for 10 am on the 25th, to 10 am on the 22nd of next month.
Vice-Chairman Lee, who was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for suspicion of the Park Geun-hye administration’Kookjeong Nongdan’ and confirmed his sentence, is being imprisoned in the Seoul Detention Center. On the 25th, he was scheduled to attend a hearing on the alleged merger with Samsung.
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However, Vice Chairman Lee is recovering at Samsung Medical Center after undergoing emergency surgery for acute appendicitis on the 19th. Acute appendicitis is an acute disease in which inflammation occurs in the appendix at the end of the appendix, and is commonly referred to as appendicitis.
Accordingly, the lawyer asked the court to explain the procedure and current condition of Vice Chairman Lee’s surgery, and to change the schedule in the future considering the difficult situation to attend the trial.