FILE PHOTO: Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Jay Y. Lee, speaks during a news conference at a company’s office building in Seoul, South Korea, May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee on Tuesday was summoned and questioned by prosecutors over a controversial 2015 merger of two of the group’s affiliates, Yonhap News Agency said.
A Samsung Electronics spokesman declined to comment. Prosecutors were not immediately available for comment.
Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Additional reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Tom Hogue
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