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Samsung leader cleared of fraud charges after winning appeal

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Samsung 's executive chairman Jay Y. Lee has been cleared of criminal charges by South Korea's second -highest court.

The Seoul High Court upheld an earlier decision acquitting Lee of stock manipulation and accounting fraud charges over a 2015 merger.

Lee was originally sentenced to five years in prison in 2017 after being found guilty of bribing public officials.

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