The South Korean government announced the amnesty list, and the fate of the head of Samsung and the former president of South Korea is different, and several are happy and some are sad.
On August 12, Yin Xiyue's government announced the "Guangfu Festival" amnesty list, and a total of 1,693 people were pardoned, commuted or reinstated, including Lee Jae-yong, vice president of Samsung Electronics, and Xin Dongbin, president of Lotte Group.
However, former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who is 80 years old and sentenced to 17 years in prison two years ago, is not among them.
This situation is actually not unexpected, because the person who directly led the investigation of Lee Myung-bak's corruption case was Yoon Seok-yue, then director of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office.
The investigation of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye has been Yoon Seok-wook's main achievement, and Moon Jae-in has already pardoned Park geun-hye out of electoral considerations.
Under such circumstances, Yin Xiyue is bound to refer to public opinion before making a decision, after all, his current governance praise rate has fallen below 30%.
Of course, Yoon Seok-wook had already said before the amnesty that the amnesty was for "people's livelihood and economy", and many South Korean chambers of commerce had previously suggested that the government pardon Lee Jae-yong and Shin Dong-bin, claiming that this was to maintain South Korea's competitiveness in the turbulent international economic situation.
South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-sook, on July 27, also said that he would recommend that the president pardon Lee Jae-yong and Shin Dong-bin.
