Samsung's woes
Apr 17th 2008 | TOKYO
From Economist.com
The chairman is charged with tax evasion
AP
POLICE in riot gear took up station in front of South Korea’s prosecutors’ offices on the evening of Thursday April 17th to quell demonstrations. Normally an angry public calling for accountability would welcome corruption charges against a corporate chieftain—but not in the case of the long-running scandal at Samsung Group.
The charges against Lee Kun-hee, the 66-year-old chairman of Samsung, seem small beer compared with the accusations. Mr Lee was publicly accused last year by Kim Yong-chul, a former chief legal counsel at the company, of orchestrating a $200m slush fund to bribe public officials. Mr Lee denied it.
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