sentence for the man at the center of one of the ever corruption scandals samsung vice chairman jay wiley has had his five year sentence reduced to two and a half years and then that term has been suspended so that means he'll be free by the end of the day is spent nearly a year behind bars for corruption name joins us live now from seoul what's the reaction continues to come in on this sixteen lee high profile case it's been going on for quite some time to toss to what is the reaction. rachelle j. wiley walked out of that courtroom and soon to be out of jail with a big smile on his face as he walks back into his life as vice chairman of samsung electronics his attorneys saying that it had quote respect for quote the resume and courage of the court to dismiss most of the charges he faced however his legal team plans on appealing and hoping to get the remaining bribery charges corruption charges that he faces overturned now there is as you would expect quite a pretty prolific reaction to this appellate court ruling in which most of the bribery charges corruption charges that he faced have

and time to take you through some of the headlines here now does iran now samsung vice chairman jay wiley is now free after being detained for nearly a year a south korean appeals court for juice dances spending his five year jail sentence he was at the center of one of asia's biggest ever corruption scandals his lawyers say they will launch an appeal to dismissal of the charges against him. rather than the girl again i feel sorry for not showing everyone my best side and it has been a really precious time for you reflecting on myself i will throw check and do my best. rival factions of south africa's ruling party fought during demonstrations outside the party's headquarters in johannesburg in comes ahead of an urgent a.n.c. meeting to discuss the future of president jacob zuma after talks failed to secure his departure. in syria at least forty nine people have been killed this government and russian airstrikes intensify in rebel controlled areas. in italy province in the north thirty people died and dozens were wounded in attacks russian jets targeted a hospital in the countryside the se

for the man at the head of one of asia's biggest ever corruption scandals samsung vice chairman jay wiley has had his five year sentence reduced to two and a half years and that term has spent suspended so that means he'll be free by the end of the day he has spent nearly a year behind bars for corruption name joins us live from seoul so this is a pretty big change how did all of this play out and tossed and what's the reaction been. richelle it's important for people to remember that lee was just one character a very high profile one as vice chairman of samsung that's part of a broader corruption scandal that brought down impeach president pock last year this country was riveted by the scandal there were frequent protests that brought millions of south koreans to the street and this was hoped to be when lee was convicted in august of last year it was hoped that this would assure in a new era of accountability for conglomerates as well as politicians but as you mentioned after one year in jail lee will be home in time for dinner and this is already generating a lot of response among those

young also known as jay wiley served just one year of his original five year sentence . rolled through most of the again i feel very sorry to everyone for not showing my best side. new york and it's been a really important year for reflecting on myself going to do that i will thoroughly check and do my best in the future. lee was embroiled in the biggest bribery scandal in south korean history. in his first trial he was found guilty of bribing the country's then president going hey an appeals court dismissed most of the charges including that payments for a horse for the daughter of one of president pacs friends were made in return for political favors to other samsung managers also had their sentences suspended li is the grandson of some sons founder his fortune is estimated at around eight billion dollars in twenty fourteen forbes magazine ranked in the thirty fifth most powerful person in the world. u.s. justice officials say they've struck a major blow against an international cyber crime ring thirty six people were charged with offenses linked to credit card and per

a south korean surprise the era of samsung walks free judges to spend jay wiley's corruption sentence and with bulgaria having taken up the e.u. presidency critics accuse the government of failing to fight rampant corruption. and bad physical and let's do business. yes the jitters are returning to trading floors around the world the main financial markets have been enjoying record after record of course that can go on forever up wall street ensuring further falls of up to one percent today friday still the biggest weekly losses on the new york stock exchange in two years a u.s. jobs report showed a surge in wage growth sparking inflation fears and worries about an acceleration in interest rate hikes the equities slump spreading to asia where the nikkei took a massive hit europe also losing ground just as the opening bell in new york i spoke with our financial correspondent day ends quarter i asked him how the new week's getting underway. well right now the sale of just continue or when markets is opening here and it's interesting to see because the reason why we're selling off is not

in a surprise court ruling the vice chairman of samsung electronics has been released from jail jay wiley was convicted last year on on and. of corruption charges and sentenced to five years in prison and reports from seoul. jay wiley was smiling as he walked out of a sore courtroom out of jail and back to his life as vice chairman of samsung electronics after a year in prison an appeals court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. i think if you can get out. for economic reasons overall i think it was a good decision. lisa as he's used his time in jail to reflect. almost again i feel very sorry to everyone for not showing my best side and it has been a really precious time for a year reflecting on myself. the first thing he did after being released was visit his father in hospital he's been incapacitated for three years prosecutors say it was least strategy to succeed his father as chairman of samsung electronics that got him in trouble. he's one character of many in south korea's largest corruption scandal in recent memory. it led to millions of koreans prot

for the man at the center of one of asia's biggest ever corruption scandals samsung vice chairman jay wiley has had his five year sentence reduced to two and a half years and then that term has been suspended so that.

in return for political favors one of those companies implicated was some sun last year its chief jay wiley was jailed for five years for bribery and embarrassment but his sentence was suspended last week and he was released from jail the tears are going to him as more from seoul. play might be the most reviled public figure in south korea at the moment the judge's lengthy sentence could be interpreted as sending a message to the public that their outrage has been heard it could also be viewed as sending a warning to others prosecutors say they disrupted the political process and shook the south korean society to its foundation prosecutors were hoping for a twenty five year sentence which way received twenty years one we spoke to says that she was surprised by the verdict and that it was a heavier sentence than she predicted now there were supporters of former president park outside the courtroom they fought and screamed after the verdict was announced they have been monitoring this case very closely to see how it will impact the former president she is in the midst of her own corruption tr

country's former presidents in a surprise court ruling the heir to sampson has been released from jail jay wiley was convicted last year on a number of corruption charges and sentenced to five years in prison prosecutors accused him of paying bribes to the then president park geun hye. america that limping gymnastics dr larry nasa has been sentenced to forty two one hundred twenty five years in prison in a third sentence related to a series of child molestation cases in michigan he'd already been sentenced to more than two hundred years for affection abusing girls all working as a doctor for u.s. gymnastics team those are the headlines counting the cost is next. a lot has a secret this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week some of the world's biggest technology names out with earnings.

prison natasha going to reports from seoul south koreans have been watching his case very closely jay wiley was smiling as he walked out of a sore courtroom out of jail and back to his life as vice chairman of samsung electronics after a year in prison an appeals court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. i think if you're rich you can get out. for economic reasons overall i think it was a good decision. lisa as he's used his time in jail to reflect. again i feel very sorry to everyone for not showing my best side and it has been a really precious time for year reflecting on myself. the first thing he did after being released was visit his father in hospital he's been incapacitated for three years prosecutors say it was least strategy to succeed his father as chairman of samsung electronics that got him in trouble. he's one character of many in south korea's largest corruption scandal in recent memory. it led to millions of koreans protesting and the impeachment of president park geun hey last year prosecutors say lee paid or promised to pay forty million doll

but rundown of the headlines now on al-jazeera samsung vice chairman jay wiley is now free after being detained for nearly a year a south korean appeals court has reduced and suspended his five year jail sentence it was at the center of one of asia's biggest ever corruption scandals his lawyers say they will launch an appeal to dismiss other charges against him. again i feel sorry for not showing everyone up a side and it has been a really precious time for you reflecting on myself i will throw a check and do my best aid groups are warning hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees are at risk of being forced to return home that is despite the ongoing war a joint report by six leading agency says neighboring countries as well as european and u.s. governments are putting pressure on refugees to go back. at least eleven people have been injured in a suspected chlorine gas attack from syria's rebel help in the province activists video shows people being treated in the town of sorry have they reported a foul smell following a raid by syrian government jets in this follows a nother suspected

sammy's a down in the how they look at the headlines here on al-jazeera now samsung vice chairman jay wiley is now free after being detained for nearly a year the south korean appeals court reduced and suspended his five year jail sentence he was at the center of one of asia's biggest ever corruption scandals his lawyers say they'll launch an appeal to dismiss other charges against him. well the little girl again i feel sorry for not showing everyone my bayside and it has been a really precious time for you reflecting on myself i will throw a check and do my best. groups are warning hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees are at risk of being forced to return home despite the ongoing war a joint report by six leading agencies neighboring countries as well as european and u.s. governments are putting pressure on refugees to return. to. kurds in lebanon and protesting over the mistreatment of a female kurdish fighter in northern syria or accusing turkish banks syrian rebels of mutilating then filming the body of. she was a member of the kurdish group the white e.g. fought in the u.s. backed

return for political favors one of those companies implicated was sam sloan last year its chief jay wiley was jailed for five years for bribery and embezzlement but his sentence was suspended last week and he was released from jail let's go live now to seoul and al-jazeera the tasha good name who's there what's been the reaction to this verdict. adrian might be the most reviled public figure in south korea at the moment the judge's lengthy sentence could be sending a message to the people that their outrage has been heard it could also be sending a warning to others prosecutors have said that choice disrupted the political process shook the foundation of south korean society and that the effects will reverberate for generations to come we spoke with one woman who said that she was surprised by the verdict she thought that it was a heavier sentence than she predicted prosecutors that hope for a twenty five year prison sentence as you just heard got a twenty year prison sentence there were supporters of president poc outside the courtroom there was fighting in screaming after the verdict wa

old detention center a free man if you would have predicted samsung's electronics vice chairman jay wiley would be released when he arrived at an appeals court just a few hours earlier on monday. again i feel sorry for not showing everyone my bayside and it has been a really precious time for you reflecting on myself i will throw and do my best the forty nine year old had been in prison for more than a year on charges arising from what's been described as asia's biggest corruption scandal that exposed the close ties between korea's spam li run conglomerates and its political leaders it's a scandal that eventually led to the removal of president park yun havey a lower court convicted b. in august for bribing the former president for her help in strengthening his control over samsung electronics one of the world's biggest technology companies he was also convicted on embezzlement and other charges now an appeals court has reduced the original five year jail sentence by half and suspended it beez release is already being felt by markets samsung share prices spiked on monday a sign that inves

so just before we speak to our guest i want to do a bit of connecting the dots here on how jay wiley is connected to the fall of south korea's last president as this is the back story isn't it gotten for graphic here from al-jazeera dot com to take you through it this man here first will e.j. on he is samsung's chief so it's not a while himself but this is the samsung connection here not directed not directed not connected directly to park geun hye but connected to this woman down here choice soon still now what's happened is along this line has been bribery between samsung and choi soon sil who is connected to part going to her because she is a very close confidant and an advisor so and i've drawn all over the probably looks a whole lot more complicated now but it is a little bit of a web there and if you want to have a look at this for yourself then please do the in parchment or the impeachment of park geun the hague in this you'll find that al-jazeera dot com search for park geun hye is i've been forced to cancel now honoree senior research fellow in modern career at leeds univers