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S. Korean prosecutors grant ex-president temporary release

FILE - Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center, leaves the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 15, 2018. South Korean prosecutors granted Lee a temporary release from prison over health concerns Tuesday, June 28, 2022, after he served less than three years of a 17-year sentence handed down for corruption. (Lim Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP, File)

FILE - Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak appears for his first trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, March 23, 2018. South Korean prosecutors granted Lee a temporary release from prison over health concerns Tuesday, June 28, 2022, after he served less than three years of a 17-year sentence handed down for corruption. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP, File)

S. Korean prosecutors grant ex-president temporary release