Reuters-The South
Korean special prosecutor will decide whether to seek an arrest warrant for
Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] leader Jay Y. Lee within two days, a
spokesman for the
investigation team said on Friday.
The
48-year-old executive was named as a suspect on suspicions that include bribery
and perjury and was questioned for more than 22 hours until his release early
on Friday.
Lee Kyu-chul,
a spokesman for the special prosecutor's office, told a regular briefing that a
final decision had yet to be made on an arrest warrant. That decision could
come as late as Sunday, he said.
Prosecutors
are trying to determine if payments of about 30 billion won ($25 million)
Samsung made to foundations and a business backed by a confidante of President
Park Geun-hye were connected to a 2015 decision by the National Pension Service
to back a controversial merger of two Samsung Group affiliates.
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