South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong on fraud charges after years of legal proceedings.

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been cleared of corruption charges, concluding a decade-long legal battle over his role in a 2015 merger deal. Lee, the grandson of Samsung's founder and the de facto head of the company since 2014, had been accused of using stock and accounting fraud to try and gain control of the firm.

Supreme Court's acquittal of all charges follows Seoul High Court's similar ruling earlier this year - Anadolu Ajansı