SEOUL: A South Korean special prosecutor’s office on Wednesday said it had summoned Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee as a suspect in a widening influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye.
Prosecutors have been checking if Samsung’s support for a business and foundations backed by Park’s friend, Choi Soon-sil, was connected to a 2015 decision by the national pension service to back a controversial merger of two group affiliates.
Samsung has acknowledged making contributions to two foundations as well as a consulting firm linked to Choi. The prosecution summoned two senior Samsung Group officials this week for questioning, though they were classified as witnesses.
Lee, the vice chairman of flagship affiliate Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, has managed South Korea’s top conglomerate after his father and founding patriarch Lee Kun-hee was incapacitated after a May 2014 heart attack.
At a December parliament hearing, the executive denied that the firm paid bribes to pave the way for the 2015 merger.
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