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of illegal savings in May 2004. Her younger brother was later summoned on similar suspicion. Lee later claimed that the 13 billion won was what she had saved after a hard time, but it was allegedly containing a lot of fraudulent funds and was paid as a total
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annuity immediately after leaving office and 12 million won of goods every month as a means of pension. After all kinds of her greedy and extravagant behaviors were publicly reported, Koreans have a very negative impression of Lee.
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