An appeals court will give a verdict on Monday for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong in a retrial of a bribery case involving jailed former President Park Geun-hye.

The Seoul High Court is set to hold a sentencing hearing at 2:05 p.m. for Lee, about 15 months after the first hearing of the retrial. 

In 2017, Lee was sentenced to five years in prison for providing bribes to Park's longtime friend Choi Soon-sil. He was freed the following year in an appeals court ruling. 

In August 2019, however, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling and remanded the case to the appeals court for further proceedings.

Lee is unlikely to avoid a prison term because the top court convicted him of bribery charges and Park and Choi were also convicted of receiving bribes from conglomerates including Samsung. Prosecutors are seeking a nine-year prison term.