South Korea's Suwon District Prosecutor's Office heard the application for suspension of sentence submitted by former President Lee Myung-bak at 14:00 local time on the 28th, and finally decided to suspend the detention of former President Lee Myung-bak for three months. Lee Myung-bak was released from prison that night.
Lee Myung-bak, 80, submitted an application to suspend his sentence to the Anyang Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutor's Office earlier this month, citing his deteriorating health. According to the Korean Criminal Procedure Law, if the health of prisoners sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, imprisonment, or detention seriously deteriorates during their sentence, or if their immediate family members are over 70 years old, pregnant for more than 6 months, elderly, or disabled, they are unsupervised or If there are other major reasons, you can apply to suspend your sentence.
html On the 127th, Lee Myung-bak left Anyang Prison in Gyeonggi Province where he was imprisoned due to illness and went to the hospital for examination and treatment. In 2021, Lee Myung-bak went to the hospital for treatment outside prison three times due to chronic diseases such as diabetes , and was admitted to the hospital twice for examination in January and February this year.In October 2020, Lee Myung-bak was sentenced to 17 years in prison by the South Korean Supreme Court on suspicion of corruption and bribery, and was fined 13 billion won (approximately RMB 68 million), and 5.78 billion won (approximately RMB 30 million) of criminal proceeds were recovered. Yuan). On November 2, 2020, former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was imprisoned and began serving his sentence. In December 2020, while Lee Myung-bak was being held in the Eastern Detention Center, he also applied to the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutor's Office to suspend his sentence, but was rejected. According to CCTV
