Lee Sang-deuk
2010
Korean name
Hangul	이상득
Hanja	李相得
Revised Romanization	I Sang-deuk
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Sangdŭk

Lee Sang-deuk (born November 29, 1935) is a South Korean politician and businessman. He is well known as the older brother of the former South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak. He was a member of the conservative Saenuri Party in the National Assembly. He was convicted of bribery in 2013, and is currently serving a one-year prison sentence.^[1]

Controversies

• He is alleged to be the ringleader of the illegal political-level investigation towards civilian institutions and individuals by the ruling party, the Grand National Party.^[2]
• During the controversial passing of the year 2011 budget bill, he is alleged to obtain an unusually enormous funding for his representative area, Pohang.^[3] Political critics call this act a capitalization of "big brother" budget due to his close kinship ties with Lee Myung-bak. Democratic Party assembly leader, Park Ji-weon, criticized this act as contributing to the unbalanced and unfair budget distribution all across South Korea.
• He was criticized for making a jingoistic suggestion about marking the Taegeuk symbol on the food supplies for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami victims.^[4]
• He possessed a piece of land in secret between 1995 and 2003 under secret deal with Samho, a Korean company, and the National Intelligence Service.^[5]

Allegations of bribery

• A personal aide of Lee Sang-deuk was arrested for receiving briberies that involved Lee Kuk-chul, chairman of the shipbuilding company, SLS Group.^[6][7]
• Lee later declared that the 700 million won in secretary's bank account is officially under his ownership.^[8]