Bloomberg via Getty Images A special prosecutor in South Korea plans to seek an arrest warrant for Jay Y. Lee, co-vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., on charges of bribery. SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s special prosecutors’ office said it will seek a warrant to arrest the head of Samsung Group, the country’s biggest conglomerate, as a corruption scandal engulfing President Park Geun-hye escalated on Monday. Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was questioned for 22 straight hours last week as investigators probe a scandal that has reached the highest levels of power in South Korea. The arrest warrant must be approved by a court, an official at Seoul central district court said. She said she had access to a former presidential aide’s email address which had Blue House (presidential office) documents, but that she only looked at Park’s speeches for “emotional expression”.

Source: Huffington Post January 16, 2017 05:17 UTC