" A South Korean appeals court will rule on Monday on Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee's conviction and jail term for corruption in a case that led to the ouster of the nation's president last year.
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It is a scandal South Korea would like to put behind it days before it hosts the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
A lower court in August convicted Lee and jailed him for five years for bribing Park for help in strengthening his control of Samsung Electronics, the crown jewel of the country's largest conglomerate and one of the world's biggest technology companies, as well as embezzlement and other charges.
The court said Samsung's financial support for entities backed by a friend of Park's, Choi Soon-sil, constituted bribery Cheap Shaquill Griffin Jersey , including 7.2 billion won ($6.4 million) to sponsor the equestrian career of Choi's daughter.
In return for the contributions, prosecutors say, Samsung sought government support for a controversial 2015 merger of two of its affiliates, which helped Lee tighten his control of the conglomerate. Lee's lawyers had argued that the merger was carried out on merit but the lower court did not accept that.
If the appeals court sentences Lee to a jail term longer than three years, his detention will continue as he awaits a final appeal to the Supreme Court, legal experts said.
The appeals court could decide on a jail term of less than three years Cheap Ethan Pocic Jersey , or it could award a suspended sentence, which would mean Lee could go free for the first time since he was detained last February.
The court could also overrule the conviction and declare Lee innocent on all charges, but the legal experts see the chances of that happening as slim.
""If nothing else, Samsung money was used to sponsor the equestrian career,"" said Son Soo-ho, a lawyer.
Whatever the decision Cheap Michael Dickson Jersey , the case is expected to go to the Supreme Court, as prosecutors in December called for a 12-year jail term after Lee appealed.
The third-generation de facto head of the Samsung Group, Lee has effectively directed large-scale operations at Samsung Electronics since his father, Lee Kun-hee, was incapacitated by a heart attack in 2014, such as the $8 billion acquisition of auto electronics maker Harman in early 2017.
Faced with investor worries about a leadership vacuum with Lee in detention Cheap Will Dissly Jersey , Samsung Electronics appointed a new generation of top managers at its three main businesses, including semiconductors, in October.
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She has been held in detention since March.
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SKOPJE, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Former Parliamentary Speaker TrajkoVeljanovski declared Tuesday that he would not abdicate his post tonewly-elected Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who was voted in last week bythe SDSM-led coalition.
That Xhaferri was voted for by only the Socialist DemocraticUnion (SDSM) and the ethnic Albanian parties, which have a combined67-seat majority in parliament, has angered VMRO-DPMNE supportersand protesters.
"We don't even know how many MPs (Members of Parliament)participated in the voting. There was no broadcast of the votingand the decision cannot even be registered in the officialbulletin, which is a condition for it to become official. So Cheap Kam Chancellor Jersey ,everything that has happened is illegitimate," Veljanovskiargued.
Following his statement, the SDSM issued a press release callingon Veljanoski to vacate his office and allow Xhaferi to assume theposition.
Stressing that Xhaferi was the new Speaker of Macedonia'sParliament, SDSM said Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov was dutybound to give the mandate to form a new government to SDSMPresident Zoran Zaev.
Meanwhile, VMRO--DPMNE MPs held a meeting on Tuesday in theParliamentary Speaker's office as a way of reaffirming its positionthat the election of new Speaker had been illegitimate.
However, DUI MP Artan Grubi told reporters Tuesday that Xhaferihad asked the Parliament's secretary-general to provide conditionsfor him to assume office.
According to Grubi Cheap Doug Baldwin Jersey , Xhaferi is the Speaker representing the willof the majority of citizens and added that DUI expected the newopposition should come to its senses.
The political deadlock in Macedonia continues as Ivanov hasrefused to give Zaev the mandate to form a government, arguing thatZaev's platform would lay the groundwork for a future partition ofthe country.
Nearly five months after a Dec. 11 parliamentary election,Macedonia's political class still hasn't been able to find a wayout of the crisis.
The acceptance of ethnic Albanian parties platform by SDSMfurther deepened the crisis here while the stalemate reached aclimax at last Thursday's plenary session when protesters enteredparliament.
Around 100 people sought medical assistance after the proteststurned violent. Among the injured were over 70 civilians, 22 policeofficers, and three members of parliament.
Protesters have been in the streets of Skopje for the past twomonths over the political situation in the country. Enditem
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