SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Seoul High Court has issued a suspended sentence for Samsung Electronics' de-facto leader Lee Jae-yong, who stood trial on charges of bribing former President Park Geun-hye's longtime friend Choi Soon-sil to secure his grip over the company.
On Monday, the court handed Lee a two-and-a-half year prison term after a probation of four years, overruling a lower court's decision last August to slap him with a five-year sentence.