Samsung heir receives presidential pardon in a bid to ‘overcome economic crisis’

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee will receive a presidential pardon on Monday, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice said, paving way for the heir to the country’s biggest company to regain power at the top.
Lee was paroled from prison last year after serving 18 months in jail for bribing former South Korean president Park Geun-hye. The parole banned Lee from being employed for five years and limited overseas travel. The pardon will erase the 54-year-old executive’s criminal record from his 2017 conviction.
The special pardon will enable Samsung’s de facto leader Lee,

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