Now to the latest on the widening probe involving the suspicious business activities linked to former conservative president, Lee Myung-bak.<br />With the investigation zeroing-in on Lee's family members,... watchers say the next step-- may be summoning the former president himself for questioning.<br />Park Hee-jun has it all covered. After concluding that DAS-- an auto parts company involved in suspicious trade and allegations of embezzlement-- belongs to ex-president Lee Myung-bak,... prosecutors are closing in on his family members.<br /><br /> On Monday morning, prosecutors raided the home and office of Lee Myung-bak's son-in-law-- Lee Sang-joo,... who is an executive at Samsung Electronics and husband to the former President's eldest daughter.<br /> He's suspected of receiving illegal funding from an unknown third-party on behalf of the ex-President. <br />Prosecutors are likely to call him in for questioning soon so they can trace the money flow.<br /><br /> And on Sunday, prosecutors summoned the former President's son Lee Si-hyung-- an executive of DAS,... over rumors about who actually owns the company, and allegations that the company had a secret slush fund.<br />During 16 hours of questioning at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on Sunday,... Lee was asked whether he took a 930-thousand dollar portion of the 14-million dollar proceeds from the sale of land in Dogok-dong, southern Seoul.<br /><br /> Lee Myung-bak is believed to have managed hundreds of thousands of dollars in slush funds through DAS.<br />His son, brother, and nephew are all either representatives or board members of the company,... which has been under scrutiny since 2007 when Lee won the presidential election.<br /> Documents show that his brother Lee Sang-eun is the president,... however civic activists and lawyers have been claiming the former president is the unknown, actual owner of the company - and that he embezzled some eleven million dollars of company money and evaded taxes.<br />The investigation has been ongoing since December, and prosecutors are planning to summon Lee Myung-bak early next month.<br /><br />Park Hee-jun, Arirang News. <br />
