Please register to access this content.
To continue viewing the content you love, please sign in or create a new account
Dismiss
This content is for our paying subscribers only

Jailed Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong released on parole

De facto leader apologises outside detention centre, before being driven away



Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walks out from a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021.
Image Credit: AP

Seoul: The jailed de facto leader of the giant Samsung group Lee Jae-yong walked free from prison on parole on Friday.

Lee bowed to waiting reporters outside a detention centre south of Seoul and told them: “I have caused too much concern to the people. I’m really sorry,” before he was driven away in a black limousine.

Advertisement