Samsung heir named as suspect in South Korean political scandal

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>South Korean authorities have said a Samsung heir will be questioned as a suspect in a bribery case in the massive influence-peddling scandal that led to the impeachment of the country&&num;8217&semi;s president&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lee Jae-yong&comma; Samsung Electronics&&num;8217&semi; vice chairman&comma; will be summoned to face questions by investigators probing whether South Korea&&num;8217&semi;s largest business group bribed a jailed confidante of President Park Geun-hye to win favours&comma; said Hong Jong-seok&comma; a spokesman for the special prosecutor team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The possible favours include getting the government&&num;8217&semi;s backing on a controversial Samsung merger in 2015 that was opposed by minority shareholders&comma; Mr Hong said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lee and members of his family were the biggest beneficiaries of the merger of Samsung C&&num;038&semi;T and Cheil Industries&comma; which helped him increase his control over Samsung Electronics without having to spend his money to buy its shares&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former health minister overseeing the government-controlled national pension fund was arrested last year&period; The pension fund&comma; the biggest shareholder in Samsung C&&num;038&semi;T&comma; voted for the merger even though its advisers recommended voting against it&comma; giving the crucial vote Samsung needed to secure shareholder approval&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prosecutors are expected to grill Lee starting on Thursday about why Samsung Group sent corporate funds to Choi Soon-sil&comma; the jailed confidante&comma; including buying costly horses for her daughter&comma; who was on the national dressage team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two Samsung executives&comma; including a man known as Lee&&num;8217&semi;s mentor&comma; were questioned earlier this week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When Lee appeared at a public hearing last month&comma; he told legislators he was not aware of the decision to fund Choi&&num;8217&semi;s daughter&period; He also denied that Samsung tried to win favours through the funds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lee&comma; the only son of Samsung&&num;8217&semi;s ailing chairman and a grandson of the company&&num;8217&semi;s founder&comma; acknowledged it was &&num;8220&semi;inappropriate&&num;8221&semi; but &&num;8220&semi;inevitable&&num;8221&semi; to send money to Choi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities have declined to say how much money Samsung spent on Choi&&num;8217&semi;s companies or foundations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to local media and legislators&comma; Samsung signed a contract worth more than 18 million US dollars &lpar;£14&period;8 million&rpar; with Choi&&num;8217&semi;s company to bankroll her daughter&&num;8217&semi;s equestrian training in Germany and donated another 17 million dollars &lpar;£14 million&rpar; to two non-profit foundations whose funds were allegedly for Choi&&num;8217&semi;s personal use&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Hong said prosecutors have examined a tablet PC Choi had owned and found details about what type of benefits Samsung provided to her&comma; including the Samsung funds used in Germany&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once prosecutors finish questioning Lee&comma; they will determine whether to add more Samsung officials on a list of suspects&comma; Mr Hong said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Park&&num;8217&semi;s powers have been suspended since December 9 when South Korea&&num;8217&semi;s opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach her over the scandal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She is being tried at the Constitutional Court to decide whether she will be permanently removed from power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e7c0a01e">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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