
Samsung Boss Sentenced to Five Years in Jail
South Korean court sentences Samsung's heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong to five years in prison
A court in South Korea has sentenced Samsung's billionaire heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong to five years in prison for corruption.
Lee was convicted of bribery in a scandal that also saw the impeachment of South Korea's former president.
Also in the programme; the blame game evolving between the Spanish government in Madrid and the autonomous government in Catalonia in the wake of recent terrorist attacks and; rising rates of suicide among seafarers, but why?
Photo: Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group heir arrives at Seoul Central District Court to hear the bribery scandal verdict. Credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images.
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