Samsung's former Chairman pardoned, again

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/04/samsung-lee-kun-hee-right.jpg (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126206742869108631.html)You know what's awesome about being the head of a South Korean chaebol? You're untouchable. After being convicted of tax evasion (http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/ex-samsung-boss-fined-109-million-for-tax-evasion-collar-too-w/) netting a $110 million fine and a deferred 3-year prison sentence, Lee Kun-hee (http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=Lee%20Kun-hee), the former chairman of Samsung Group, has been pardoned by the South Korean government -- his second presidential pardon after first being convicted in 1996 of bribing former South Korean president Roh Tae-woo. Why the reprieve? Easy, so the 67 year old can help the country pursue a bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. A Korean activist group responded to the move saying, "Granting a chaebol chairman a pardon just to host an Olympics will make South Korea a laughingstock in the international community." How true.
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