Lee Myung-bak is the fifth former South Korean president to be investigated by the prosecution.<br />Park Ji-won has more on the former presidents who have been summoned in the past.<br /> <br /> Former President Lee Myung-bak is the nation's fifth former president to have been summoned by prosecutors.<br />Prior to Lee,... the most recent former president investigated was former President Park Geun-hye. <br /> About a year ago,... Park,... 11 days after being impeached for abuse of power by the Constitutional Court,... appeared for questioning by the prosecution on allegations of corruption and bribery.<br />She was questioned for more than 21 hours on the day,... longer than any other first-day questioning of a former president by prosecutors.<br />She is now awaiting next month's verdict on her criminal charges. <br /> Back in 2009,... former President Roh Moo-hyun,... months after his presidential term ended,... was summoned by prosecutors for alleged bribery during his time in office and underwent 13 hours of questioning. <br />Before the second round of questioning, Roh committed suicide,... and the case on him was suspended.<br /> In 1995,... former President Roh Tae-woo,... a couple of years after his term ended,... was summoned on charges of receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes from business tycoons.<br />After one more round of investigations, he was arrested. <br />Later he was sentenced to 12 years in prison following additional charges of mutiny,... but was given a presidential pardon two years later. <br /> In late 1995,... ex-President Chun Doo-hwan,... who didn't comply with the prosecution's summons,... was arrested on charges of mutiny, treason and corruption,... and was sentenced to life in prison. <br /> Chun was also given a presidential pardon by the Kim Young-sam administration in 1997.<br />Park Ji-won, Arirang News. <br />
