A court in Seoul has denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, after prosecutors accused him of accounting fraud and stock manipulation.
The ruling provides at least temporary relief for the de facto head of the South Korean conglomerate.
But Mr Lee isn’t completely in the clear yet as prosecutors said they will continue with their investigation.
They can still return with new evidence and seek another arrest warrant.
Last week state prosecutors asked the court to issue an arrest warrant against Mr Lee related to their probe into accounting fraud and the controversial merger of two Samsung businesses ... Read even more
