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Urgent: S.Korean appeals court releases Samsung heir after one-year detention

Xinhua,February 05, 2018 Adjust font size:

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean appeals court on Monday released Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who had been detained for about a year for bribery charges.

The heir apparent of Samsung Group, the country's biggest family-controlled conglomerate, got suspended sentence, multiple local media reports said. Enditem