It is reported that President Yoon Seok-yeol made a phone call with former President Lee Myung-bak (MB), who was discharged after being pardoned and reinstated through a special New Year's pardon on the 30th, and asked about his regards.
According to reports from people around them, the call between the former and incumbent presidents took place after Lee returned to his home in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul at around 2:00 pm today (30th), and lasted about two minutes.
In the phone call, President Yoon first said, "I hope you recover quickly," and former President Lee greeted him with "thank you."
President Yoon continued, "As a former president, please play a role for the country and the people," and former President Lee responded by saying, "I will pray hard for the success of the Yoon Seok-yeol government."
At the time of the phone call, inside the former President Lee's home, former pro-Lee (Pro-Lee Myung-bak) political figures and local residents, including Rep. Kwon Seong-dong, Yoon Han-hong, Ryu Seong-gul, and Park Jeong-ha of People's Power, were waiting to say hello, so the call did not last long. This is the explanation of the people around you.
Former President Lee, who was sentenced to prison on charges such as bribery and embezzlement and imprisoned at the Eastern Detention Center on March 22, 2018, received an inpatient treatment at Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul after receiving a decision to suspend execution due to deteriorating health in June of this year.
Through this New Year's special envoy, he became a 'free body' at 0:00 on the 28th, after 4 years and 9 months in prison.
Previously, President Yoon had visited former President Park Geun-hye, who was pardoned and reinstated in April when she was elected, as a sister-in-law in Dalseong-gun, Daegu.
President Yoon directly directed investigations into the governments of the two former presidents while serving as prosecutors.