Lee Jae-yong (C), Samsung Electronics vice chairman and de facto leader of Samsung Group, leaves after receiving his verdict on charges of illegally using the anaesthetic propofol, at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Oct 26, 2021. - AFP
SEOUL (AFP): The de-facto leader of South Korea's sprawling Samsung group Lee Jae-yong was convicted Tuesday (Oct 26) of illegally using the anaesthetic drug propofol, the latest legal travail to beset the multi-billionaire.
Lee -- the vice-chairman of the world's biggest smartphone maker Samsung Electronics and according to Forbes the world's 238th richest person -- was fined 70 million won (US$60,000) by the Seoul Central District Court, Yonhap news agency reported.
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