A bus carrying Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong heads to Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Billionaire Samsung scion Lee was sent back to prison on Monday after Seoul High Court handed him a two and a half-year sentence for his involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal that spurred massive protests and ousted South Korea’s then-president. - AP
SEOUL, Jan 19 (Reuters): After a judge handed down a 30-month sentence for bribery and other charges, Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee returned to the same prison where he spent a year in 2017-2018.
The imprisonment of the leader of a global tech giant comes with the added challenge of ensuring safety after an outbreak of more than 1,000 coronavirus infections at another detention centre.
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