Use illegal drug for years, convicted heir of the Samsung group

Lee Jae Yong, vice president and sole heir of the Samsung group, was convicted by the Seoul court of illegally using a powerful drug for years. The local press reports, explaining how the 53-year-old, on trial since last June, was fined 70 million won, over 60 thousand dollars for using the anesthetic propofol, an illegal medicine in South Korea and used by the tycoon. for purposes other than medical treatment between 2015 and 2020. Lee was also sentenced to two and a half years in prison by the Seoul High Court in a bribery trial that also involved the former South Korean president. Park Geun-hye. He had been released on probation in August and had since retired almost entirely from public life.