[Chief Editor’s Column] Lee Jae-yong Acquitted… A New Start for Samsung

[CEONEWS = Lee Jae-hoon, Chief Editor] On the 17th, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong was finally acquitted by the Supreme Court.

It has been eight years since suspicions first arose over the allegedly unfair merger between Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries and the accounting fraud case, and four years and ten months since he was indicted.

Dozens of trials, massive legal fees, international reputational damage, and management stagnation debates surrounding Samsung—all these chaotic years have come to an end with a single word: “Not guilty.”.