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From chaebol to prison: Samsung heiress’s ex-husband jailed over elder abuse case
April 24, 2026
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Im Woo-jae, the ex-husband of Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin, is in prison after being found guilty of involvement in confining and assaulting an elderly woman, news reports said Friday. The 57-year-old former consultant at Samsung Electro-Mechanics, who was married to Lee from 1999 until their divorce in 2020, was sentenced to a year in prison for obstruction of official duties by deception after attempting to cover up his girlfriend’s elaborate scheme that involved confining and assaulting a wom
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