-Court “Can’t meet the effectiveness of the Compliance Committee”
Interview 365 Reporter Seung-Han Lee = Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, accused of bribery and other charges, was sentenced to imprisonment and arrested in court on the 18th at a hearing on the remand of the case of’Gukjeong Nongdan’.
On that day, the first criminal division of the Seoul High Court (Judge Jung Joon-young Song, Young-seung and Kang Sang-wook) sentenced Lee to two years and six months in prison, who was handed over to trial on the charge of “conspiracy to conspiracy with Gukjeong Nongdan”.
This is in accordance with the intent of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the destruction and repatriation in October 2019.
The judiciary admitted that Vice-Chairman Lee was guilty of bribery of 8.6 billion won in October 2019, pursuant to the purpose of the Supreme Court’s decision to destroy and return.
In addition, regarding the consideration of the sentencing conditions of the Samsung Compliance Monitoring System, he said, “Effective operation of the compliance monitoring system can be considered as one of the sentencing conditions under the Criminal Law”, but “It is difficult to say that the new Samsung Compliance Monitoring System has met the criteria for effectiveness.” Judged.
Vice-Chairman Lee, who was being tried in a state of disability, was issued a warrant on that day and was arrested in court.
Vice-Chairman Lee submitted a request to former President Park Geun-hye and Choi Seo-won (previously renamed Choi Soon-sil) for assistance in the succession of the Samsung Group’s management rights, as well as for bribery of a total of 29.82 billion won in return, and handed over to trial in February 2017. lost. The first trial sentenced Vice Chairman Lee to five years in prison, but the second trial sentenced him to two years and six months in prison and four years probation.
The Supreme Court’s entire consensus broke the court case in appeal against Vice-Chairman Lee and others and returned the case to the Seoul High Court. In the last decision on the revocation and repatriation decision, the special prosecutor sought 9 years in prison for Vice Chairman Lee.
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