Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is recovering after surgery… Rejection of external treatment in case of misunderstanding of preferential treatment

Input 2021.03.21 16:32 | Revision 2021.03.21 16:46

Lee Jae-yong, detained in Seoul detention Samsung Electronics (005930)The vice-chairman is recovering from appendicitis after undergoing emergency surgery at Samsung Medical Center. Vice-Chairman Lee is known to have refused because of concerns about misunderstanding of special treatment even though the detention center medical staff recommended external medical treatment.

According to the Ministry of Justice and the business community on the 20th, Vice Chairman Lee was transferred from the Seoul detention center to Samsung Medical Center the evening before and underwent emergency surgery. Appendicitis causes severe pain in the right side, and when the appendix bursts, foreign substances can spread to the peritoneum and spread to peritonitis. Vice-Chairman Lee was sentenced to two years and six months in jail in January at a repatriation trial for the abandonment of the state-run Nongdan case and was imprisoned.

Vice-Chairman Lee complained of abdominal pain the day before and received medical treatment from the detention center medical department at 5 pm. At that time, medical staff recommended to seek external medical treatment several times due to the findings of appendicitis, but it is said that Vice Chairman Lee refused to do so, saying, “I will not receive special treatment.”

Since then, the abdominal pain worsened, and in the end, he was transferred to Pyeongchon Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, which is a designated detention center. The hospital’s medical staff said, “It would be better to receive treatment at a large Seoul hospital,” and eventually moved to Samsung Seoul Hospital to undergo surgery.

A business official said, “I know that Vice Chairman Lee refused external medical treatment because he thought that he could be misunderstood as a preferential treatment if he received external medical treatment.”

With this operation, the trial for illegal succession of management rights against Vice Chairman Lee is likely to be postponed. The first trial date between Vice-Chairman Lee and Samsung officials, who were charged with fraudulent transactions under the Capital Markets Act, and Samsung officials, will be held on the 25th at the hearing of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement 25-2 (Dr.

Unlike the preparatory date for the trial, the accused is obligated to attend the trial, but as Lee is recovering from surgery, the attendance is uncertain. Vice-Chairman Lee has not yet requested the court to postpone the deadline or fail to attend the trial. If Vice-Chairman Lee is unable to attend due to health reasons, the court is expected to hold a trial or postpone the trial deadline with only other Samsung officials accused with him present.