Seoul (AFP) – South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday summoned former president Lee Myung-bak for questioning as a criminal suspect in a bribery scandal, a report said.
“We need to investigate former president Lee for find the truth (over the scandal) in a transparent and effective manner,” Yonhap news agency quoted an unnamed Seoul prosecutor as saying.
Lee, 76, served as South Korea’s president from 2008 to 2013.