Samsung under scanner again as police raid offices

The police are now investigating whether Lee Kun-hee, Samsung's patriarch, misappropriated company funds to renovate his family's home

Barely two months after its crown prince was sent to prison on corruption charges, the family that controls Samsung’s vast business empire is again facing allegations of white-collar crime.

The South Korean police raided the head office of Samsung’s construction arm on Wednesday as they investigated whether Lee Kun-hee, the group’s patriarch, had misappropriated company funds to renovate his family’s home. Investigators will soon begin questioning others, including company officials, an officer involved with the investigation said.

The construction arm, a unit inside the Samsung C&T Corporation, said on Wednesday that it could not comment on a continuing police inquiry. It had