The South Korean prosecutor's office has decided to suspend the execution of the sentence for former President Lee Myung-bak, who is serving for bribery and other charges, for three months due to health problems.
South Korean media have reported observations that a pardon will be given to former President Lee in August.
Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was sentenced to imprisonment for bribery and other charges that pardoned the chairman of Samsung Electronics in return for having Samsung Electronics, a conglomerate company, take over the legal costs of an automobile parts company that he had virtually owned. The 17-year decision has been finalized.
Former President Lee, who has been in prison, has been repeatedly hospitalized and discharged due to diabetes and other illnesses, and earlier this month he filed a petition with the prosecution to suspend his sentence because of his health problems.
On the 28th, the prosecutor's office decided to suspend the execution of the sentence for three months, saying that "continuing the execution of the sentence may significantly worsen the health."
According to Korean media, former President Lee, who is now 80 years old, has been hospitalized in a hospital in Seoul since last week, but if it is judged that his health is okay three months later, he will be sentenced to prison again. Become.
However, in South Korea, every August, it is customary for the president to issue an amnesty on the day commemorating the liberation from Japanese colonial rule, and the Korean media observes that the former president Lee may also be amnesty. Is telling.