The chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group has requested a suspension of execution of his three-year jail term, citing the need for medical treatment, court officials said Tuesday.
Lee Jay-hyun, the 55-year-old chief who was found guilty of corruption charges, asked the Supreme Court for another extension of confinement due to poor health.
His custody has been suspended since September 2014 until July 21.
Lee, who underwent an organ transplant in 2013, suffers from multiple illnesses, including mental illness.
In an appeals court ruling, the CJ chairman received a jail term of three years for misappropriating 160 billion won ($140 million) in company money to create offshore slush funds and dodging taxes.
The chairman has appealed to the Supreme Court. (Yonhap)
