FILE PHOTO - Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul, South Korea, February 22, 2017. He can also make phone calls with permission of the warden, but calls can be recorded or listened to by the authorities, according to South Korean correctional rules. Some, such as top former presidential advisors, are also defendants in the corruption scandal that led to the removal from office of South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Friday. Samsung Group has disbanded its corporate strategy office, the conglomerate's nerve center controlled by Lee and his lieutenant Choi Gee-sung, who is also a defendant in the case. NO NEED FOR "ALTERNATIVES"South Korean media have photographed former Samsung Group Vice Chairman Choi Gee-sung and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) President Rhee In-yong visiting Lee following his Feb 17 arrest.
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A five-year-old girl from Guizhou, China, was severely burnt when her father's Samsung Galaxy Note 4 exploded near her face in the early morning of March 9. Photo: WeChat/Guizhou Dushi BaoSamsung's smartphones came under the spotlight last year after a series of reports of faulty batteries causing the devices to catch fire or explode. Photo: WeChat/Guizhou Dushi BaoAccording to Mr Feng, he paid a phone retailer 2,699 yuan (S$550) for the Note 4 last August. Samsung said in a statement: "Samsung Electronics has been informed of this case and we are deeply concerned about the injured girl. Photo: WeChat/Guizhou Dushi BaoThe girl, who was sleeping next to the smartphone, bore the brunt of the explosion with injuries to her face and hands while her father's hair was burnt.
Jailed Samsung chief can get plenty of visitors, may still play a corporate role
Some, such as top former presidential advisors, are also defendants in the corruption scandal that led to the removal from office of South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Friday. Under South Korean regulations, though, Lee can meet any of his battery of attorneys without time limits and as often as he wants during business hours from Monday to Saturday. At the discretion of the warden of the detention center, he could have additional special meetings in a visiting room that doesn't have partitions, allowing detainees to review documents and receive phone calls. One of those lawyers told the first day of what special prosecutors described as potentially "the trial of the century" that Lee denies all charges against him. Lee, like others in detention centers awaiting trial, is also entitled to one 30-minute visit per day from someone else, including executives from one of Samsung's affiliates, or at least 12 hours of such meetings a month.
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