Seoul, Sep 1 (TIWN) Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong was indicted on Tuesday for his role in a controversial merger and alleged accounting frauds.

Prosecutors charged Lee, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, with unfair trading, stock manipulation, breach of trust in relation to the 2015 merger between two Samsung affiliates seen as a key step toward his succession, and alleged accounting fraud at the pharmaceutical unit of Samsung Biologics, reports Yonhap News Agency.