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South Korea Appeals Court Upholds Samsung Chief's Fraud Acquittal

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong arriving at a Seoul court to hear his appeal verdict (Credit: AFP)

Samsung Electronics chief Lee Jae-yong was cleared again Monday of a raft of charges linked to a controversial 2015 merger which prosecutors claimed was designed to seal his control of the South Korean tech giant.

Lee was orginally cleared of the charges in a trial last year, but prosecutors appealed against the verdict.

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