SEOUL: South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group said on Monday it could not accept the special prosecutors’ accusations that its leader, Jay Y. Lee, paid bribes to further his succession or the merger of two affiliates in 2015.
«It is difficult to understand the special prosecution’s decision,» Samsung Group said in an email statement in response to the special prosecutors’ decision to request an arrest warrant for Lee, the third-generation leader of South Korea’s top conglomerate.
