In South Korea, Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong has been freed from jail after an appeal court today suspended his five-year jail term for bribing the country's ex-president. <br/><br/>Vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, Lee was convicted of bribery in connection with the sprawling corruption scandal that brought down former South Korean president Park Geun-Hye. Park, who denies wrongdoing forced to step down in March after parliament voted to impeach her at the end of 2016.<br/><br/>
News On AIR | February 5, 2018 1:05 PM
Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong freed from S Korea jail