Samsung heir-apparent JY Lee made his first court appearance in nearly two years and faces possibly a heavier sentence than before.
Samsung Electronics vice chairman, JY Lee, appeared at an appellate court in Seoul and said to reporters "he wanted to apologise for causing worries" before entering to attend the first hearing for the trial. He made no further comments.
It's his first court appearance in nearly two years since he was freed from prison in early 2018.
Charges against Lee for bribery arose during a national scandal in 2016 that involved the then-South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, who was accused of abusing her power and receiving bribes from conglomerates via a close aide. She was eventually impeached and jailed.
The Samsung boss and executives of the company were accused of giving bribes in the form of money and horses to Park's aide in return for government support for a controversial merger of two business group affiliates.
In August, South Korea's top court found that the appellate court had wrongly dismissed the bribery charges against Lee that were in relation to Samsung giving three horses to the now ousted Park's confidant Choi Soon-sil. The top court then ordered a retrial of the bribery charges.
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