Lee Jae-yong: Samsung heir released from prison on parole

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been released from a South Korean prison and is now on parole.

He served 207 days in jail – just over half the sentence he received after being convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January.

The case involved the country’s former President Park Guen-hye, who is also in jail for bribery and corruption.

Samsung Electronics was founded by Lee’s grandfather and he has been the de facto head since 2014 .

Lee made a brief statement to reporters outside the prison.