Amid the widening probe over a corruption scandal surrounding an auto parts company linked to former President Lee Myung-bak and his family,.... prosecutors on Thursday summoned the former leader's elder brother.
Lee Sang-eun, the chairman of auto parts maker DAS,... was brought in for questioning over the alleged creation of a slush fund and unfair trade related to the company.
The prosecutors also questioned him on proceeds the former president's family gained from a land sale in southern Seoul.
This comes just days after Lee Si-hyung , the son of the former president and an executive of DAS, was questioned over similar allegations.