Samsung chief staves off arrest

Prosecutor vows to keep chasing as court allows Lee to go home

A South Korean court on Thursday denied a special prosecutor clearance to arrest the head of Samsung Group, the country's largest company, amid a graft scandal that has led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.

But Lee Jae-yong, who has led Samsung since his father, Lee Kun-hee, suffered a heart attack in 2014, was still likely to face the same charges of bribery, embezzlement and perjury, legal analysts said.