Owayengumongameli wakwaSamsung u-Lee Jae-yong uxolelwe ngumongameli waseNingizimu Korea uYoon Suk-yeol. Lo somabhizinisi uke walahlwa yicala lokufumbathisa futhi wavalwa umsebenzi njengengxenye yalokho. Ugqozi lomusa ukuvuselela umnotho.
I-Reuters, phakathi kwabanye, ibhala ukuthi leso sisusa sinikezwe esitatimendeni esivela eMnyangweni Wezobulungiswa waseNingizimu Korea. Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Korea ufuna ukuxolela umnotho ontengantengayo: “Njengoba kudingeka ngokushesha ukuze kunqotshwe isimo esibucayi somnotho kazwelonke, sixolele abaholi bezomnotho abakhethwe ngokucophelela abahola injini yokukhulisa izwe ngokufaka imali esebenzayo kwezobuchwepheshe nokudala amathuba emisebenzi,” kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezobulungiswa. Han. Omunye usomabhizinisi, u-Shin Dong-bin, naye uxolelwe. Uphinde walahlwa yicala lokufumbathisa wagwetshwa iminyaka engu-2.5 ejele.
Ephendula, lowo owayeyi-CEO yakwaSamsung waxolisa futhi wathembisa ukuthi "uzoqala phansi" futhi "benze kangcono ukubuyisela emphakathini futhi sikhule ndawonye," kubhala uBloomberg.
Ukuthi u-Lee uzobuyela ngempela ku-Samsung akuqiniseki. Kunoma yikuphi, abahlaziyi beReuters bakhulume ukuthi bakulindele. Imithombo engaziwa evela ejensi yezindaba iphinde ithi izinqumo ezinkulu kwa-Samsung "kufanele zenziwe ngu-Lee kuphela," ngokusho kwalabo bangaphakathi. Kunoma yikuphi, i-Samsung okwamanje ayikho esimweni esiphezulu sezezimali.
U-Lee ubevele esebenza kulo mkhakha ngaphandle kokusebenzela i-Samsung. Kuthiwa ubehambele ukuvakasha kwamafekthri e-Samsung akhiqiza ama-chip, lapho uJoe Biden noMengameli uYoon bavakashelwa khona. Kuthiwa ubuye waba nezingxoxo nesikhulu se-ASML uPeter Wennink mayelana nokusetshenziswa 'kwemishini ephezulu eneqhaza elibalulekile'.
Inkantolo yathola u-Lee enecala lokufumbathisa ngo-2017. Ngokusebenzisa izisekelo ezingabazekayo namadoda angaphambili, i-CEO kuthiwa yakhokha isifumbathiso esingu-EUR 34 million kowayenguMongameli waseNingizimu Korea u-Park Geun-hye. Lokho bekuzokwenzeka ukuze sithole ukwesekwa ngamadili ebhizinisi.