South Korea to start Samsung heir Lee's bribery trial on Friday
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SEOUL (Reuters) - A bribery trial involving the heir of South Korea's Samsung Group will start on Friday after the country's top court ruled earlier this year that the case should be reviewed by a lower court, raising the possibility of a tougher sentence.The Supreme Court overturned in August part of an appeals court bribery conviction against Samsung's de facto chief Jay Y. Lee, who had been given a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence for seeking favour from South Korea's former president..