Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 23 Mar 2018, 07:18 am Print
Seoul: Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was arrested on Friday on charges of tax evasion, bribery and embezzlement, reports said.
He was arrested and taken to a prison in the capital, Seoul, after a court accepted a warrant request by prosecutors, who suspected that the former President broke the law.
Following his arrest, he became the second former president after Park Geun-hye to be imprisoned within the past year.
Lee, 76, said that it was all his fault.
He served as the President from 2008 to 2013.
In a handwritten statement posted on Facebook shortly before his arrest, Lee said, "I consider all this my own fault and feel remorse."
He is expected to be hit with over a dozen charges.
Last year, former President Park Geun-hye arrested following her impeachment on bribery and other criminal charges.
Lee became the fourth former South Korean President to court arrest.
Lee Image: Gobierno de Chile/Wikipedia
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