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Prosecutors summon Samsung Group heir over controversial 2015 merger

The deal combined construction firm Samsung C&T and fashion and theme-park operator Cheil Industries Inc into a merged entity

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Jay Y Lee is in trials over charges that he bribed a friend of former President Park Geun-hye to seek support for the deal that helped tighten his grip on the group

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Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee on Tuesday was summoned and questioned by prosecutors over a controversial 2015 merger of two of the group's affiliates, Reuters reported.

Lee is in trials over charges that he bribed a friend of former President Park Geun-hye to seek support for the deal that helped tighten his grip on the group, as he was preparing to take over from ailing patriarch Lee Kun-hee.


The deal combined construction firm Samsung C&T and fashion and theme-park operator Cheil