Ex-President Lee heads back home after questioning
Former President Lee Myung-bak leaves the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office after undergoing questioning, Thursday. / Yonhap
Former President Lee Myung-bak headed back home Thursday after more than 21 hours of questioning by state prosecutors on a string of corruption allegations five years after he left office as South Korea's chief executive.
Lee appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul on the previous day as a suspect on various charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.
Prosecutors said the questioning ended at around midnight, but it took more than six hours for him to review statements compiled by the investigators.
Lee is known to have denied all charges during the questioning, though prosecutors did not confirm his stance.