Prosecutors raided the Younghoon International Middle School on
Tuesday on suspicion that it had skewed admission scores to favour
certain applicants including, one Seoul city council official alleged,
Lee’s 13-year-old son.
Although he accepted no suggestion of
wrongdoing, Lee said he regretted not paying closer attention to the
issue before it developed.
“I am sorry for having caused a stir
over my son’s schooling… it was my fault for not being able to check up
on this properly,” Lee said in a brief statement.
Lee confirmed he had pulled his son out of the school and was believed to be seeking his transfer to another.
“I thought that it was right to take my child out due to the controversy,” he said.
Seoul education authorities have asked prosecutors to investigate 11 school officials on suspicion of manipulating test scores.
The
case has caused outrage in the education-obsessed country, where
qualifications from top colleges are crucial for careers and even
marriage prospects.
The Lee family founded and controls Samsung
Electronics — the world’s biggest technology firm by revenue and the top
maker of memory chips, televisions and mobile phones.
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