an appeals court, suspended Samsung's successor Li Young Young and sentenced him to jail. On Monday, the court gave the verdict.
One year ago, the world's largest smartphone and chip maker Samsung Group Vice Chairman Lee was arrested for corruption.
According to AFP's report, a lower court gave a sentence of five years in August to Lieki for bribery and fund raising charges .
In February, Lie was formally charged with accepting bribes, embezzlement of money, money laundering and breaking the oath of parliament. As part of the investigation, on February 17, Samsung's successor, 49, was arrested.
On Monday, the sentence of appeal division Lee Young Young was reduced to two-and-a-half-year suspension. If he committed a similar crime at the time, he would be sentenced to four years in prison.
In charge of Samsung Electronics Vice President Leigh, he gave a bribe of 63 million dollars (43 billion) in the company of President Xu Jin Hu's close friend Choi Sun-Seal to non-profit company, in exchange for some benefits. Because of this scandal, the parliament voted in favor of impeaching the park.