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Samsung Electronics Vice President Lee Jae-yong leaves the court after completing a trial for the reversal of the ‘Gukjeong Nongdan’ case held at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on 9 last month. / Photo = News 1
Jaeyong Lee Samsung Electronics(73,000 0.00%) In the vice president’s trial for the revocation of ‘Gukjeong Nongdan’, evaluations of Samsung’s Compliance Committee activities that would influence the sentencing decision were mixed.
In a follow-up trial held by Vice President Lee Jae-yong on the afternoon of the 21st at the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 1 Hearing (Judge Jung Joon-young), Park Young-soo’s Special Prosecutor’s Office said : “Even if the sentence is decided taking into account the activities of the Compliance Committee, it should be set between 5 years and 16 years and 5 months.” “There are more weighting factors than reduction factors,” he argued.
Accountant Hong Soon-Tak, a member of the Samsung Compliance Committee hearing committee recommended by the Park Young-soo Special Prosecutors Team, said: “It is recognized that there is no institutional mechanism to prevent crimes resulting from conflicts of interest. between the head of the group and the affiliates It highlights the limitations of the Compliance Committee.
On the other hand, Vice President Lee Jae-yong’s advocacy team argued that the compliance committee audience members positively evaluated the compliance committee’s activities with senior management.
Vice President Lee said, “The Compliance Committee handled 833 agenda items over eight months and took action like 129 opinions.”
Regarding the negative evaluation of the accountant Hong Soon-Tak among professional judges, he said: “There are some regrets in the content of the evaluation” and said: “There is no intention to dismiss the report for writing a report focusing on negative opinions.” .
Vice President Lee said, “Samsung and Vice President Lee did not evaluate the effort itself. We will listen to opinions while we prepare follow-up measures, but it seems inappropriate to fully accept the opinions of accountant Hong Soon-tak.”
Vice President Lee said, “At the very least, I would like to inform you that the promises made by Vice President Lee and the improvement of the compliance system implemented so far are not courteous, but genuine, effective and sustainable.” We will continue to complement, improve and strengthen by listening to the opinions of civil society ”.
Samsung’s Compliance Committee became the most important subject of the trial when the court announced its intention to reflect the effective operation of the compliance system in Vice President Lee Jae-yong’s ruling. The decision on this case will be made on the 30th.
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