SEOUL: Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak returned home on Thursday (Mar 15) after a marathon interrogation by prosecutors over corruption, the last of the country’s living ex-leaders to be embroiled in a criminal inquiry. Allegations of graft involving the conservative 76-year-old’s relatives and
SEOUL: Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak returned home on Thursday (Mar 15) after a marathon interrogation by prosecutors over corruption, the last of the country’s living ex-leaders to be embroiled in a criminal inquiry.
Allegations of graft involving the conservative 76-year-old’s relatives and aides during his term have mounted in recent weeks as prosecutors investigate multiple cases of bribery amounting to millions of dollars.
The probe means that all four living former South Korean presidents have been convicted, charged, or investigated for criminal offences.
Lee spent more than 21 hours at the prosecutors’ office in Seoul from Wednesday morning, Yonhap news agency said.
Lee, who was president from 2008 to 2013, has previously denounced the inquiry as « political revenge » and said on Wednesday he hoped it would be the « last time in history » that a former South Korean head of state was summoned for questioning by prosecutors.
