Former ROK President Lee Myung-Bak Arrested Over Corruption Allegations
The Korean left is likely rejoicing today with the news that they have finally gotten payback on former President Lee Myung-Bak for uncovering the corruption of former President Roh Moo-hyun:
Former President Lee Myung-bak was taken into custody by prosecutors after a local court issued a warrant Thursday night to detain him as a suspect in a criminal investigation over corruption allegations.
Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, became the fourth former president to be detained on corruption charges.
He faces at least 18 charges for receiving bribes from businessmen and politicians, misappropriating secret operations funds from the country’s main spy agency and generating slush funds using a company registered under his family’s name.
After the Seoul Central District Court issued the warrant around 11:05 p.m. on Thursday, prosecutors went to his home in Nonhyeon-dong, southern Seoul, and transported Lee to the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center in Munjeong-dong, southern Seoul.
Earlier in the day, Judge Park Beom-seok reviewed the prosecution’s application for a detention warrant, which was submitted on Monday. Judge Park made the decision after reviewing documents from prosecutors and Lee’s lawyers. A hearing was not held because Lee refused to attend.
Prosecutors questioned the former president on March 14 and asked the court to issue a detention warrant for further investigation because they believed there was a high possibility of evidence destruction. Lee, they argued, might try to persuade witnesses to change their testimony. [Joong Ang Ilbo]
You can read more at the link, but this could also be payback for the prison term that former Prime Minister during the Roh administration, Han Myeong-sook received for corruption. This is just another example that politics in South Korea is a zero sum game.
They’re going to need a presidential wing for all these ex-pres’es getting locked up.
commie moon and his commie show trials. Koreans really need to step up and remove commie moon.
What’s really sad is MB was really smart at hiding his crookedness. This is just a political hitjob.
Frankly, this is no different than how the jealous but craven yangban attacked Admiral Yi Sun-Sin…
Koreans leaders are just as crippled now as they were then. Which is why some of us are so sad. We cannot force South Koreans to do what is right All we can do is watch helplessly as they turn a beautiful country into a Scooby-snack for the ill-tempered fat guy with a doofus haircut