Indlalifa yakwa-Samsung U-Lee Jae Young ugwetshwe iminyaka emibili nezinyanga eziyisithupha ejele ngecala lokufumbathisa. Lezi zindaba ziza ngemuva kokuthi inkantolo ephakeme yaseNingizimu Korea ikhiphe isinqumo mayelana nenhloko yale nkampani.
Ngokwalo mbiko BBCLeli cala lokugwazisa ngelokuphinda liqulwe kwecala lokufumbathisa elithinta ngisho owayengumengameli wezwe owedlule, uPark Geun-hye, naye owayebhekene nokuboshwa. ngamacala okufumbathisa nenkohlakalo. Kulabo abangazi, u-Lee ubelokhu ehola i-Samsung Electronics kusukela ngonyaka we-2014, yize isinqumo sakamuva kungenzeka sithinte indima yakhe yamanje ku-giant Korea. Ngokuphawulekile, izindaba zokuboshwa kukaLee Jae Young zaholela ekwehleni kwamasheya enkampani ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-4.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ugwetshwe ukuboshwa, u-Lee uzovinjelwa okwesikhashana ukuthi abambe iqhaza kunoma iyiphi inqubo yokwenza izinqumo ehambisana naye kwa-Samsung. UKim Dae-jung, uprofesa wezebhizinisi eSejong University, utshele abezindaba ze-AFP ukuthi "lokhu kuyinkinga enkulu futhi kuyinkinga enkulu kwi-Samsung." Emuva ngo-2014, uLee wathatha le nkampani ngemuva kokuba ubaba wakhe, u-Lee Kung Hee, aphoqeleke ukuthatha umhlalaphansi ngenxa yezinkinga zezempilo.
Ngokwesinqumo senkantolo, uLi "wakhokha ngenkuthalo imali futhi wacela umengameli ukuthi asebenzise amandla akhe ukusiza ukulandelana kwakhe okuhle" njengenhloko yeSamsung. "Kuyihlazo ukuthi iSamsung, okuyinkampani ehamba phambili kuleli kanye nomqambi omusha oziqhenyayo emhlabeni, uhlala ebandakanyeka ebugebengwini noma nini lapho kuba khona ushintsho emandleni ezombusazwe." Inkantolo ithole ukuthi uLi ubenecala lokufumbathisa, ukukhwabanisa nokufihla imali etholakale ebulelesi ngemali eyi-8,6 billion ewine (cishe u- $ 7,8 million).
