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Update: BBC and Reuters report that South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been removed from office. The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment in an 8-0 decision.
Samsung Group's vice chairman and "de facto leader" Jay Y. Lee and four other executives have denied the charges against them in what is being called South Korea's "trial of the century":
Five executives at Samsung, including the conglomerate's de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, formally denied bribery charges against them on Thursday, in a preliminary hearing for a trial with the potential to shake South Korea.
Mr. Lee, who also goes by the name Jay Y. Lee, and the other executives face charges that strike at the heart of the deep ties between the South Korean government and powerful family-controlled businesses, a source of growing public resentment. Parliament voted in December to impeach President Park Geun-hye over accusations of corruption and other abuses of power, and she could be formally removed from office soon.
But the related arrest of Mr. Lee, scion of the country's biggest and most profitable conglomerate, or chaebol, is a momentous turn in itself. Chaebol bosses, including Mr. Lee's father, have been convicted in previous corruption cases, but punishments have usually been light or commuted. Many see Mr. Lee's trial as a test of whether South Korea can change by abandoning longstanding deference to the business clans that have dominated the country's glittering economic rise. The chief prosecutor has said it could be the "trial of the century."
Previously: Samsung Vice Chairman a Suspect in South Korean Presidential Bribery Probe
Warrant Sought for the Arrest of Samsung's Vice Chairman
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 10 2017, @02:24AM (18 children)
The Constitutional Court of S. Korea just confirmed the impeachment.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday March 10 2017, @02:34AM
Updated and added Breaking News.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 10 2017, @02:36AM (6 children)
The bitch and her gang will enjoy all the high-tech amenities of Korean prison.
Trump, don't be like this moron.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 10 2017, @02:43AM (4 children)
> Trump, don't be like this moron.
She was warped by a predatory cult that usurped the role of her family when she was orphaned.
He is a cult.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 10 2017, @02:47AM
Well, that's a relief. I guess.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday March 10 2017, @02:53AM (2 children)
Damn, i want to be a cult. I should buy some Trump bookz.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 10 2017, @03:28AM (1 child)
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
The cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be
I'm the cult of personality
Like Jim Jones and Mussolini
I'm the cult of personality
The cult of personality
The cult of personality
Neon lights, a Penthouse High-rise
Then a mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You don't have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your T.V.
I'm the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
I'm the cult of personality
Like Joseph Stalin and Kony
I'm the cult of personality
The cult of personality
The cult of personality
Neon lights a Penthouse High-rise
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You don't have to follow me
Only you can set you free
You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You gave me power in your own god's name
I'm every person you need to be
Oh, I'm the cult of personality
I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of
I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of personality
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 10 2017, @06:42PM
Why is the bar always set so low for Trump? Fewer than a thousand deaths can be attributed to Jim Jones.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 10 2017, @04:24AM
Translation: "Trump, don't get caught in US. If you need to, do it in South Korea - the prisons there are so much more modern than the US ones".
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday March 10 2017, @07:23PM (9 children)
That will teach her about not being one of The Boys.
I ain't no feminist, but regardless of whether it's CEO or president, the guys seem to get away with a lot more incompetent shit than what gets women caught and pilloried.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 10 2017, @09:22PM (8 children)
Read the details.
She was way above average in her incompetence. Like self-destructively stupid.
I could have sworn there was an article here when the story first broke in the Fall.
But I can't find it.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday March 10 2017, @11:01PM (7 children)
I've read the details, and it's quite amazing how she rode to victory on daddy's memory while being but puppet of her "friend" in most aspects of her life.
She does deserve getting kicked out. No question.
I was merely pointing out that many guys who deserve to get kicked out (for incompetence, corruption, or both) are somehow more immune to the systematic denigration which powerful women face at the first misstep.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 11 2017, @12:00AM (6 children)
Men getting away with MORE is not the same as more men get away with the same.
The first is a comment on male mediocrity, the second is simply a function of there being more men in positions to be corrupt.
Also "I'm not a feminist" is a truly fucked up thing to say in the same way as "I don't believe in equal rights" is a truly fucked up thing to say.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Saturday March 11 2017, @01:17AM (5 children)
> Also "I'm not a feminist" is a truly fucked up thing to say in the same way as "I don't believe in equal rights" is a truly fucked up thing to say.
No. not even close, but thanks for playing.
I am a strict proponent of equal rights (hence pointing out discrepancies of outcomes) and progress on merit.
Feminists often fight for actively catching up on years of discrimination, which does require the opposite discrimination...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 11 2017, @01:49AM (4 children)
> I am a strict proponent of equal rights (hence pointing out discrepancies of outcomes) and progress on merit.
Whatever you gotta tell yourself to sleep at night.
> Feminists often fight for actively catching up on years of discrimination, which does require the opposite discrimination...
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 11 2017, @03:09AM (3 children)
That might be a first.
Desmond Tutu, moderated as a troll.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Saturday March 11 2017, @08:50AM (2 children)
You're right. Maybe I should add a missed-the-point mod.
The answer to an injustice is not another injustice, perpetrated mostly on those who had no control over the first one.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 11 2017, @12:37PM (1 child)
You're right. Maybe I should add a missed-the-point mod.
Oh, so it was you doing a petty-mod because you were frustrated by an argument you could not win on the merits.
If that's not a clue that you are too fragile in your own beliefs then I don't know what is.
The answer to an injustice is not another injustice, perpetrated mostly on those who had no control over the first one.
That is a misdirect.
You presume that society is fully egalitarian today.
It isn't.
You are effectively arguing that we should do nothing because sexism no longer exists.
Sounds like you are also a believer in reactionary colorblindness.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:20AM
You can't mod twice, you know?
Obviously, understanding what I write really isn't your thing.
> You are effectively arguing that we should do nothing because sexism no longer exists.
No I'm not. I'm saying positive discrimination tries to right a wrong by wronging people who weren't involved in the first place.