South Korean media reported that former President Lee Myung-bak, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison for bribery and other crimes, will be pardoned on the 28th of this month.
If ex-president Lee is granted a pardon, he will become the fourth former president of South Korea.
On the 23rd, the Ministry of Justice of South Korea held a committee to examine those eligible for year-end amnesty.
Although the results have not been made public, South Korea's news agency, Yonhap News, said that former President Lee Myung-bak, who led the conservative government for five years until 2013, was pardoned on the 28th of this month, citing judicial officials. I told you that I was going to be given.
Former President Lee was sentenced to 17 years in prison for bribery and other crimes, including taking bribes from Samsung Electronics, the core of the Samsung Group, South Korea's largest conglomerate.
After that, in June this year, his sentence was suspended for health reasons, and Lee, now 81, was temporarily released.
If ex-president Lee is granted a pardon, former South Korean presidents Jeon Doo-hwan (1997), former president Roh Tae-woo (1997), and Park Park (last December). He will be the fourth president following former President Goonne (Park Geun-hye).