S Korea prosecutor seeks arrest of Samsung heir

Jay Y Lee faces arrest on charges that he tried to bribe the president Park Geun-hye

The sprawling investigation into President Park Geun-hye of South Korea took a dramatic turn on Monday with word that the de facto head of Samsung, one of the world’s largest conglomerates, faces arrest on charges that he tried to bribe the president.

A prosecutor’s call for the arrest of Jay Y Lee, the vice-chairman of Samsung and the only son of Samsung’s incapacitated Chairman, Lee Kun-hee, brings new scrutiny to the deep ties between the handful of corporations that dominate South Korea and top government officials. Lee is accused of instructing Samsung subsidiaries to make multimillion-dollar donations to the family