SEOUL: South Korea’s most powerful tycoons, including de facto Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong, stammered and squirmed under a verbal assault from a parliamentary committee during a hearing on a corruption scandal that has riveted the nation.
Millions watched in astonishment yesterday as the televised hearing showed the heads of the country’s eight largest conglomerates being publicly harangued over donations their companies made to dubious foundations controlled by Choi Soo-sil, a close friend of President Park Geun-hye.
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