Posted : 2021-01-17 15:10 By Kim Bo-eun Korea Chamber of Commerce and IndustryChairman Park Yong-maan enters a funeral hall for the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-heein southern Seoul, on Oct. 26, 2020. / Joint Press Corps.The business community is calling for leniency for Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, as an appellate court is set to issue a final ruling and sentences Monday after its rehearing of evidence in the major bribery case surrounding him, following a referral from the Supreme Court. Vice Chairman Lee faced a rehearing of evidence in the case involving former President Park Geun-hye and her top confidant Choi Soon-sil, both of whom are now in jail following guilty verdicts. Lee is said to have paid bribes to Park and Choi for their assistance in a smoother power transfer from his father Lee Kun-hee, who passed away last year.