Samsung chief escapes arrest, but not fully in the clear yet | Asia Times

Samsung chief escapes arrest, but not fully in the clear yet | Asia Times

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8 hours ago - Judges at Seoul Central District Court said early Thursday morning they were not satisfied there was sufficient reason to approve Lee's arrest.

“I think that most Koreans are sick and tired of corruption and the ‘money talks’ attitude of chaebol and the people in power,” said Steven Kim, a policy advisor to Transparency International Korea, which ranks the country 37th on its global Corruption Perceptions Index. Kim said he hoped the investigation of the country’s most powerful firm would mark a turning point in the country’s response to corporate misdeeds. “I think now the Korean people have realized that without eliminating corruption, Korea’s economic development or growth has reached its limitation,” he said. “So crisis is also opportunity for Korea.”