How former Korean president Roh Moo-hyun died?”
SEOUL: Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun, who died Saturday after falling from a mountain in a possible suicide, was the subject of a multi-million dollar corruption probe. Police said they were investigating whether Roh, who was in office from 2003-2008, killed himself after falling from a rocky cliff behind his retirement home at Bongha near the southeast coast. A former aide said the ex-leader, 62, jumped off a cliff after leaving a suicide note. The corruption probe centred around a payment worth one million dollars to Roh’s wife from a wealthy shoemaker, and a payment by the same man worth five million dollars to the husband of one of Roh’s nieces. Roh, who was questioned as a suspect by prosecutors on April 30, had apologised for his family’s involvement in the case but had not admitted personal wrongdoing. ‘I feel ashamed before my fellow citizens,’ he said at the time. ‘I am sorry to have disappointed you.’Roh worked his way up from a farming village to the presidency,
Former South Korean resident Roh Moo-Hyun, who was at the centre of a multi-million dollar corruption probe, has plunged to his death off a mountainside in a possible suicide. Police said they were investigating whether he killed himself. A former aide said the ex-leader, who was in office from 2003-2008, jumped off a cliff after leaving a suicide note. “Ex-president Roh fell down a mountain. He was transported to a hospital where doctors said he was dead on arrival,” a spokesman for the National Police Agency said. “We’re investigating whether he fell by accident or committed suicide.” The tragedy occurred after Roh, 62, went hiking with an aide near his retirement home at Bongha in Gimhae district near the southeast coast. “President Roh jumped off a rock in the mountain behind Bongha village,” former chief presidential secretary Moon Jae-In said.
