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South Korea's top court orders retrial of Samsung heir bribery case
https://www.dw.com/en/south-koreas-top-court-orders-retrial-of-samsung-heir-bribery-case/a-50207200South Korea's top court orders retrial of Samsung heir bribery case
Date 29.08.2019
South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered a lower court to review part of a bribery case against Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, who received a suspended sentence in connection with an influence scandal that brought down former president Park Geun-hye.
The decision could deal a blow to the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker if its de facto head is imprisoned. It comes at a time Samsung profits have slumped and South Korea and Japan are in a trade spat that has restricted supply of key exports to the world's 11th largest economy.
The Supreme Court said a lower court failed to correctly evaluate what constitutes a bribe and that it should reconsider Lee's suspended sentence.
Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su said that three horses worth around $2.8 million (€2.5 million) that Samsung donated to the daughter of Park's friend Choi Soon-sil for equestrian training should be considered a bribe designed to influence the ex-president.
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