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Presidential pardons for business chiefs

South Korean President Yoon Sukyeol granted special pardons to Samsung Electronics Vice-Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, the Ministry of Justice said on Friday. A total of 1,693 people received special presidential pardons, including Lee and Shin, according to the ministry. It came three days ahead of the National Liberation Day on Aug 15 to mark the 77th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula’s liberation from the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule. The pardons will be effective on Monday. Lee, an heir apparent of South Korea’s biggest family-run conglomerate Samsung Group, was sentenced to two and a half years in jail for corruption.

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