Former S. Korean President Roh Moo-hyun toasting with Hun Sen23 May 2009
By VOA News
A top aide told to former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun says he appears to have committed suicide.
Moon Jae-in told reporters Mr. Roh left a suicide note before he hiked up a mountain near his home Saturday morning and jumped to his death.
Police say Mr. Roh suffered severe head injuries in the fall and died after being transported from his home town of Gimhae to a hospital in Busan in the southern part of the country.
Authorities say they are investigating the circumstances behind the death.
Mr. Roh, who was 63 years old, served as president from 2003 to 2008 and was elected on a platform of anti-corruption.
Earlier this month, he was questioned about allegations that he took more than $6 million in bribes from a businessman while in office. He admitted that his wife took an unspecified amount of money as a loan to pay off debts, but denied that he was aware of it in advance.
Mr. Roh rose to prominence as a human rights lawyer, defending students accused of treason during South Korea's military rule in the 1980s.
He built a reputation for challenging the authority of then-military dictator Chun Doo-hwan. In 1987, he was arrested and suspended from his law practice on charges of supporting a strike by workers at a shipyard.
Mr. Roh was the youngest son of a peasant family from the southeastern part of the country. He had no formal education beyond high school and studied law on his own.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
Moon Jae-in told reporters Mr. Roh left a suicide note before he hiked up a mountain near his home Saturday morning and jumped to his death.
Police say Mr. Roh suffered severe head injuries in the fall and died after being transported from his home town of Gimhae to a hospital in Busan in the southern part of the country.
Authorities say they are investigating the circumstances behind the death.
Mr. Roh, who was 63 years old, served as president from 2003 to 2008 and was elected on a platform of anti-corruption.
Earlier this month, he was questioned about allegations that he took more than $6 million in bribes from a businessman while in office. He admitted that his wife took an unspecified amount of money as a loan to pay off debts, but denied that he was aware of it in advance.
Mr. Roh rose to prominence as a human rights lawyer, defending students accused of treason during South Korea's military rule in the 1980s.
He built a reputation for challenging the authority of then-military dictator Chun Doo-hwan. In 1987, he was arrested and suspended from his law practice on charges of supporting a strike by workers at a shipyard.
Mr. Roh was the youngest son of a peasant family from the southeastern part of the country. He had no formal education beyond high school and studied law on his own.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
18 comments:
Let's just hope that khmer rouge's accomplice Sihanouk follow suit.
When will Hun Sen commit suicide because he had stolen from the Cambodian people 100 times more than Mr. Roh did. Hun Sen should do the honorable thing by committing suicide like Mr. Roh.
that great to know , thanks ki-media
If Khmer politicians took Mr Roh as a role model, there would be no one left to run the country.
Kuoy Pichet
Kuoy Pichet , we still got you ..
we want to see you take Hun Sen Seat ..may be you make money faster then Hun Sen Did ..
LORK TA PIT
wait until "horses grow horns" or in American idiom, until "pigs fly" before any Cambodian corrupted offical grows his moral conscience/backbone. it is all about "Anh, nah, Ahaeng kom chong sak chea mouiy Anh!!!" "Anh chong tveu eiy koh srach tae Anh, khmean anah mok tveu eiy Anh ban te"
This culture of impunity and violence starts from the very top and permeates through every little cracks all the way down to the lowly traffic cops on the streets.
Kuoy Pichoy,
a lot of khmer who could lead the country with humble. except people who are cheat, bribes, misslead that is how they could die like mr. Roh.
once they are misslead that is how their consciences came and hounting them every second till they die. if the Pm have no bribes or misslead thei own people they will lead the country with dignity and proud. nothing is came to hount their consciences like Mr. Roh you people remember that.
Non way for a Khmer Mafia's prime minister Viet puppet had a CONSCIENCE or Morality at all.
A gangster will die with no REMORSE at all to 2 millions khmer souls.
1:51PM, 2;09PM, 8;42PM, 12:34AM, 4:07AM WERE SON OF BITCHES, MOTHERFUCKERS.
1:51PM, 2;09PM, 8;42PM, 12:34AM, 4:07AM WERE SON OF BITCHES, MOTHERFUCKERS.
He was a great leader; I met him a few times during his predential tenure. My sincere condolences to his friends and families. He'll be missed immensely.
PPU
AH PPU, you likes to associate criminals don't you?
I pray to my father in Heaven and his disciples to save your soul and also take you back home.Now you are in better place and May GOD bless his family.
Hun Sen should have the courage to do the same thing.
[Hun Sèn devrait avoir du courage de faire la même chose, n'est-ce pas?]
[ហ៊ុន សែន ត្រូវតែក្លាហានសំឡាប់ខ្លួនឯង ដូច Roh អញ្ជឹង!]
4:09AM, 4:10 AM,
You're a son of Viet Bitches, Viet invasion of Cambodia.
Go to hell son of Viet prostitute !!!
8:52 AM
One thing I know about YOU PEOPLE: Fuck Puok Ah Jruok Jruok Scum Rainsy supporters.
PPU
10:02 AM
Go and fuck yourself, asshole!
PPU
Can't u all shut the fuck up from blaming each other for once?
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