Samsung chief’s brother sued over child

Lee Maeng-hee, the older brother of Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee, has been embroiled in a lawsuit over an alleged illegitimate child he conceived with an actress in the 1960s. The mother of the boy, now in his 40s, wants compensation for expenses incurred from raising the child on her own, according to news reports. 

Lee Maeng-hee in 2008 file photo. (Sisa Focus)

The Seoul Central District Court said Thursday a woman, identified only by her surname Park, filed a 480 million won ($396,464) lawsuit against Lee Maeng-hee, claiming that she had to raise Lee’s son by herself from his birth to adulthood. An exact year has not been reported.