ery to former President Park and her inner circle in exchange for securing a controversial merger of Samsung Construction and Trading Corporation and Cheil Industries. While the image of a handcuffed Lee sent shockwaves across the business world, his arrest was not unprecedented. In the past, his father Lee Kun- He

ind Malaysia at -5.5%. Both locals and foreigners were net sellers, focused mainly on marquee large cap names (POSCO -1.3%, NAVER -1.5%, HMC -1.5%). Cheil Industries (+6%) bucked the trend once again as the FTSE inclusion went effective on the close. Hong Kong was lower on weakness in energy (-2.6%), telecom (-2