Samsung head arrested over South Korean Choi-gate corruption scandal
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies in Seoul from Technology | The Guardian on (#2CZ5B)
Lee Jae-yong, also known as Jay Y Lee, alleged to have paid 30m in bribes to presidential crony Choi Soon-sil
The acting head of Samsung, South Korea's biggest conglomerate, has been arrested in connection with the corruption and influence-peddling scandal that threatens to topple the country's impeached president, Park Geun-hye.
Special prosecutors investigating a scandal that has rocked South Korea's political and business worlds accuse Lee Jae-yong of bribing a close friend of Park to secure government support for a business deal that would propel him to the top of the Samsung group.
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