Tag: Lee Boo-jin

This article makes me wonder what the real story is that the police are going after the Samsung heiress for something that may have happened 3 years ago?:

Police searched a plastic surgery clinic, Saturday, as part of an investigation into an allegation that Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin habitually received injections of propofol, an intravenous short-acting anesthetic. Lee is also the oldest daughter of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee.

Investigators from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency carried out an eight-hour search at the Gangnam-based clinic from 6:30 p.m., Saturday, and confiscated Lee’s medical records and the clinic’s drug control records. 

They conducted a digital forensic analysis to restore deleted data, as well. 

Later in the day, police announced they had booked the head of the clinic on the charge of violating the Medical Law.

The search came three days after the drug abuse allegation was first reported by a local media outlet, citing a former employee of the clinic. 

According to the report by Newstapa, Lee was regularly given propofol at the hospital from January to October 2016 while the witness worked there. The former employee said Lee received the substance in a VIP room at least twice a month.

In the wake of the allegation, police asked the clinic to submit its documents without seeking a warrant, but it refused to comply.

Hotel Shilla has parried the allegation, claiming that she had only visited the clinic for legitimate treatment.

Korea Times

Back in 2016 when the supposed illegal propofol use happened Lee Boo-jin was recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the Top 50 businesswomen in Asia. That year she was also dealing with a $1 billion divorce fight.

It looks like everything turned out alright for Lee Boo-jin’s divorce.  Her ex-husband was trying to get a billion dollars out of her and instead the court orders her to pay him $7.6 million.  She probably has that amount of money lying under her mattress:

The Seoul Family Court granted a divorce Thursday to Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin and Im Woo-jae, former adviser of Samsung Electro-Mechanics, ordering Lee to pay Im 8.6 billion won ($7.6 million) as part of the division of their assets.

The court gave Lee, the eldest daughter of bedridden Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, custody of the couple’s 10 year-old son.

The Thursday ruling is a setback for Im, whose 15-year-old marriage with Lee unraveled in 2014 when Lee sued for divorce. He had asked for 1.2 trillion won in dividing their assets.

The couple was represented at the court’s ruling by their lawyers. Under the ruling, Im will have visitation rights with his son only once a month between 11 a.m. on a Saturday and 4 p.m. the following day.  [Joong Ang Ilbo]

You can read more at the link.

For some reason I think Lee Boo-jin can afford better lawyers than her husband which means I doubt her ex-husband will ever see the trillion won he is trying to get out of her:

The former vice president of Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Im Woo-jae, has made the highest divorce settlement claim in Korean history, demanding 1.2 trillion won ($1.04 billion) from his ex-wife, Lee Boo-jin, the Samsung heiress and CEO of Hotel Shilla.

Im reportedly filed for divorce with the Seoul Family Court on June 29. In addition to his unprecedented demand, he asked for 10 million won in alimony and custody of their 9-year-old son.

Lee Boo-jin, the eldest daughter of the bedridden Samsung chairman, Lee Kun-hee, applied for a divorce settlement and parental rights with the Suwon District Court in October 2014. She filed for divorce in the summer of 2015 after two rounds of failed settlements with Im, who refused to accept her demands, claiming he wants to keep the family together.

The court granted parental and custodial rights to Lee in January, and Im was given the right to meet with his son once a month from 2 p.m. on a Saturday until 5 p.m. the next day.  [Joong Ang Ilbo]

You can read more at the link, but I like how Im Woo-jae after demanding a trillion won is also trying to get alimony to support their kids.  I guess a trillion won is not enough to live off of now days for the chaebol types.

This undated Yonhap file photo shows Lee Boo-jin (L), president of Hotel Shilla, and Sky Park, vice chairwoman of E-Land Group, whom Forbes magazine has put on its annual list of Asia’s 50 Powerful Businesswomen in 2016 on April 7. (Yonhap)

Lee Boo-jin (L), the elder daughter of Samsung Group’s owner family, and Im Woo-jae are officially divorced after a local court on Jan. 14, 2016, accepted the claim filed by Lee, ending their marriage of 17 years. The two received much press about their marriage of an heir to a mega-conglomerate and an ordinary man she met when he was an employee at a Samsung-affiliated company. Im had climbed up the success ladder at Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., also a Samsung affiliate, after the marriage to executive vice president before stepping aside in 2015 to become a company adviser. He had contested the divorce. (Yonhap)