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Re:Samsung chief staves off arrest, prosecutor keeps chasing by jjangsangy on Thursday January 19, 2017 @12:12PM (#13437373)
Samsung among many large Korean companies like Hyundai are have large family ties known as Chaebols https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol
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Re:Samsung chief staves off arrest, prosecutor keeps chasing by dmix on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:55PM (#13438435)
Being Chaebol doesn't stop them from getting arrested fortunately:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2014/04/30/obsessed-w...

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/business/international/so...

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Re:Samsung chief staves off arrest, prosecutor keeps chasing by simonh on Friday January 20, 2017 @04:47AM (#13442630)
They get arrested and even convicted, but then almost immediately pardoned. Only in very few cases do the convictions and sentences actually stand. Mostly they just go back to business.
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