By Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Prosecutors in Seoul have requested the arrest of Lee Jae-yong, the heir and presumptive head of the Samsung Group.
He is accused of stock price manipulation and audit violations within the massively complicated web of Samsung-related companies.
Lee is the younger brother of Miky Lee, producer of Cannes- and Oscar-winning film “Parasite.” The brother and sister pair were the founders of CJ Entertainment, South Korea’s largest film company, and in 1995 were among the first investors in Steven Spielberg’s nascent DreamWorks.
Lee Jae-yong (aka Jay Lee) currently has no operational role in CJ Entertainment. He has, however, been prominent in Korea’s fight against coronavirus.
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