Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Jay Y. Lee, left the Seoul District Court on Monday after South Korean prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on charges that include bribing the former president to help cement control of the South Korean tech giant.
Lee, the de facto leader of one of Asia’s largest conglomerates, fought back tears during the court session and denied wrongdoing.
He has been in detention since February on trial for charges ranging from embezzlement to perjury, in a scandal that gripped the country for months and led to the ouster of former president Park Geun-hye.
He will face the longest prison term on record for a South Korean conglomerate executive if the court finds him guilty when it makes a ruling on Aug. 25, two days before Lee’s current period of detention ends.