Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong urged the court on Monday to grant him the opportunity to focus fully on business matters in his final statement at the Seoul High Court.

A decade after Lee Jae-yong took the helm at Samsung, the tech giant’s third-generation corporate heir is undergoing the most severe test yet of his business mettle. The South Korean billionaire heads a conglomerate grappling with problems in its vast semiconductor business,

The prosecution also demanded a five-year prison term and a fine of 500 million won in the appeal trial of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was

Prosecutors on Monday demanded a five-year prison sentence for Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong in an appeal against a court decision that acquitted the chairman over the controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates.

Prosecutors have called for a five-year prison sentence and a fine of 500 million won ($380,000) for Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong in his appellate trial over allegations of illegal succession of management control.