Prosecutors question Lee Jae-yong for second time in part of wider corruption investigation liked to President Park.
South Korean prosecutors summoned Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong for questioning over bribery allegations again on Monday, less than a month after a Seoul court rejected their request for his arrest.
Lee, the de facto head of South Korea ‘s biggest business empire, was called in for questioning on Monday along with two other Samsung executives.
Samsung is suspected of providing tens of millions of dollars in money and favours to President Park Geun-hye and her jailed friend Choi Soon-sil in exchange for government support of a merger deal between two Samsung affiliates in 2015.
The merger helped Lee, the billionaire vice chairman of technology giant Samsung Electronics, promote a father-to-son transfer of leadership and wealth at the group.
The bribery allegation surfaced as authorities expanded investigations into a political scandal that led to Park’s parliamentary impeachment .
Prosecutors accuse Park of letting Choi pull government strings from the shadows and extort money from Samsung and other big companies.
