{"id":110628,"date":"2009-12-29T06:34:26","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T11:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2009\/12\/29\/samsungs-former-chairman-pardoned-again\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T06:34:26","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T11:34:26","slug":"samsung%e2%80%99s-former-chairman-pardoned-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/110628","title":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s former Chairman pardoned, again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>You know what’s awesome about being the head of a South Korean chaebol? You’re untouchable. After being convicted of tax evasion<\/a> netting a $110 million fine and a deferred 3-year prison sentence, Lee Kun-hee<\/a>, the former chairman of Samsung Group, has been pardoned by the South Korean government — his second presidential pardon<\/em> after first being convicted in 1996 of bribing former South Korean president Roh Tae-woo. Why the reprieve? Easy, so the 67 year old can help the country pursue a bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. A Korean activist group responded to the move saying, “Granting a chaebol chairman a pardon just to host an Olympics will make South Korea a laughingstock in the international community.” How true.<\/div>\n

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