Seoul: Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong was grilled by South Korean prosecutors on Thursday after becoming a criminal suspect in the corruption scandal engulfing impeached President Park Geun-Hye.
Lee, chairman of Samsung Electronics and the son of the Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-Hee, was being questioned over allegations of bribery, prosecutors said Wednesday. He is also accused of committing perjury during a parliamentary hearing last month into the affair, Yonhap reported.
Mr Lee and his lawyer were greeted by scores of journalists as well as dozens of protesters. “I am sorry for causing concern among the people over this incident”, Mr Lee said as he arrived at the office of the special prosecutor investigating the case.
The likelihood of prosecutors seeking a court warrant to formally arrest Mr Lee was “high”, an investigator was quoted by Yonhap as saying.
