Samsung Boss Jailed

Samsung boss Lee Jae-Yong received a presidential pardon in the cases which convicted him of corruption on economic grounds. The billionaire is given a chance to "contribute to overcoming the economic crisis" of the country. Lee will now be allowed to fully return to work as his five-year post-prison employment restriction has been lifted.

For Jay Y Lee, the third-generation leader of South Korea's massive Samsung Group and scion of the country's wealthiest family, home is now a 6.56 square meter (71 square foot) detention cell with a toilet in the corner behind a partition.

Samsung boss Lee Jae-Yong received a presidential pardon in the cases which convicted him of corruption on economic grounds. The billionaire is given a chance to "contribute to overcoming the economic crisis" of the country. Lee will now be allowed to fully return to work as his five-year post-prison employment restriction has been lifted.

For Jay Y Lee, the third-generation leader of South Korea's massive Samsung Group and scion of the country's wealthiest family, home is now a 6.56 square meter (71 square foot) detention cell with a toilet in the corner behind a partition.