It's D-Day for one of the most famous faces in Korean politics.
Ex-president Lee Myung-bak is to appear before prosecutors for questioning as a suspect over a slew of corruption allegations.
He is scheduled to show up at 9:30 Korea time,... and to get a check on the atmosphere on the day of his summoning,... we have our reporters on standby.
And we go to our Lee Jeong-yeon who joins us live from outside Lee's home in southern Seoul.
Jeong-yeon, how are things looking over there?
Hi Semin, we still have around two hours to wait until former President Lee Myung-bak emerges from his home.
He will take a police-escorted motorcade to the the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office... where he will be questioned.
The security presence has been getting heavier here overnight and into the morning, and some people have been gathering outside his residence since early Tuesday.
Prosecutors have requested his presence by 9:30AM, which means he'll have to leave his residence at around 9AM for the short drive to the Prosecutors' Office.
Although this scene might be a familiar to those who followed former President Park Geun-hye's questioning, it's actually a lot quieter at this former president's residence.
Unlike the herd of die-hard supporters that were camped outside Park's residence last year, on Tuesday there was only one supporter that showed up for Lee.
On Tuesday, the former president and his lawyers were reported to be in their final stages of preparing for Lee's questioning by prosecutors.
The lights have been on since before 5:30 this morning. We can only speculate the former president is in his final stage of preparation ahead of what is likely to be a very long interrogation session.
Back to you, Se-min.
