A Seoul court will hold the first hearing for former President Lee Myung-bak later this week on charges of corruption, court officials said Sunday.

Lee will make his first appearance at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., they said.

Lee, president from 2008-2013, was indicted on charges involving bribery, abuse of power and embezzlement. He is South Korea's fourth former president to be arrested and put on trial for corruption.

The former president, who had rejected the prosecution probe, will announce his opinion during the trial, according to his lawyers.

He has been accused of taking bribes totaling about 11.1 billion won ($10.9 million), including 700 million won from the state intelligence service and $5.85 million in lawsuit expenses paid by Samsung Electronics on behalf of a car parts firm Lee is suspected of owning.

Other bribes Lee has been accused of receiving include 2.25 billion won from Lee Pal-seung, a former chief of Woori Finance Holdings Co.; 500 million won from Daebo Group, a Seoul-based operator of expressway rest stops; and 400 million won from former lawmaker Kim So-nam.

During the first trial, both the prosecution and Lee's lawyers will make presentations of about 40 minutes each, they said. The trial is forecast to take about six hours.(Yonhap)