HONG KONG — In South Korea, it's all in the family.
South Korean officials on Friday arrested Lee Jae-yong, the vice chairman of Samsung and the scion of an immensely wealthy and powerful family. Mr. Lee — known as Jay Y. Lee in the West — was accused of paying bribes to a confidante of South Korea's embattled president. Samsung has defended Mr. Lee, and it said on Friday that it would work to ensure “that the truth is revealed.”
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