Samsung’s Lee sentenced to 30 months in prison in corruption retrial
19 January 2021 |
2:11 pm
The prison sentence could severely complicate his succession at the consumer electronics giant. Lee Jae-yong's conviction originally dates back to 2017 and pertains to a bribe to an associate of the former president.
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