Ua kala ʻia ka pelekikena mua o Samsung ʻo Lee Jae-yong e ka pelekikena o South Korea ʻo Yoon Suk-yeol. Ua hoʻāhewa ʻia ke kanaka pāʻoihana no ke kipe a ua pāpā ʻia ka hana ma ke ʻano o ia mea. ʻO ke kumu o ka lokomaikaʻi e hoʻoulu i ka hoʻokele waiwai.
Ua kākau ʻo Reuters, i waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua hāʻawi ʻia kēlā manaʻo i loko o kahi ʻōlelo mai ka South Korean Ministry of Justice. Makemake ke aupuni o South Korea e kala i ka ʻoihana maʻi: "No ka mea e koi koke ʻia e lanakila i ka pilikia o ka ʻāina, ua kala mākou i nā alakaʻi waiwai i koho pono ʻia e alakaʻi i ka ʻenekini ulu aupuni ma o ka hoʻopukapuka ikaika ʻana i ka ʻenehana a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hana," wahi a ke Kuhina Hoʻokolokolo. Han. Ua kala ʻia kekahi kanaka ʻoihana ʻo Shin Dong-bin. Ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo ia no ke kīpē a hāʻawi ʻia i ka hoʻopaʻi paʻahao 2.5 makahiki.
I ka pane ʻana, ua kala aku ka Luna Nui o Samsung a hoʻohiki e "hoʻomaka hou" a "hana maikaʻi e hāʻawi hou i ke kaiāulu a ulu pū," kākau ʻo Bloomberg.
ʻAʻole maopopo inā e hoʻi maoli ʻo Lee i Samsung. I kēlā me kēia hihia, ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe loiloi Reuters e manaʻo. ʻO nā kumu inoa ʻole mai ka ʻoihana nūhou e ʻōlelo nei ʻo nā hoʻoholo nui ma Samsung "e hana wale ʻia e Lee," e like me kēlā mau mea i loko. I kekahi hihia, ʻaʻole ʻo Samsung i ke kūlana kālā kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hana mua ʻo Lee i ka ʻāpana me ka hana ʻole no Samsung. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hele ʻo ia i kahi mākaʻikaʻi o nā hale hana chip a Samsung, kahi i hāʻawi ʻia ai ʻo Joe Biden a me Pelekikena Yoon i kahi huakaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia hoʻi ʻo ia i kamaʻilio pū me ASML CEO Peter Wennink e pili ana i ke kauoha ʻana i nā 'mea hana kiʻekiʻe me kahi kuleana nui'.
Ua loaʻa i ka ʻaha ka hewa o Lee no ke kipe ma 2017. Via dubious foundations and front men, the CEO is said to have a EUR 34 million bribe to former South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Ua hana ʻia kēlā me ke kākoʻo me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana.