Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has expressed remorse but offered no clear admission of wrongdoing over his alleged involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal.
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows during a news conference at a company's office building in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Lee on Wednesday issued a statement of remorse but offered no clear admission of wrongdoing over his alleged involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal that spurred massive street protests and sent South Korea’s then-president to prison.
Lee said the company “at times” had failed to comply with laws and ethics. After bowing in apology, Lee vowed to ensure “there would no longer be any controversy over the issue of management succession.” He left without taking questions. The scandal ignited massive street protests that toppled the presidency of Park. She was formally removed from office in March 2017 and is serving a decades-long term in prison.
“From now on, will ensure that there’s no more talk about a ‘union-less Samsung,’’’ he said. Samsung will protect workers’ rights to organize, bargain collectively and strike, he added. Lee was sentenced to five years in prison in 2017 for offering 8.6 billion won in bribes to Park and her longtime confidant Choi Soon-sil while seeking government support for a merger of two Samsung affiliates. It went ahead despite opposition from some shareholders and helped cement Lee's control over Samsung Electronics, the crown jewel of the family’s corporate empire.
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