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Former President Roh leaves behind brief suicide note
SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- Former President Roh Moo-hyun, long beleaguered by bribery allegations, jumped to his death off a cliff behind his home in southern South Korea Saturday after leaving a brief suicide note to his family, his lawyer and police said.In a suicide note left on his personal computer just an hour before he left home, Roh spoke of emotional suffering, the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency said in a briefing. "I'm indebted to too many people. The pain that I caused to so many people is too great. The pain in the coming days is unfathomable," Roh said in the note disclosed by police. "Due to my frail health, I cannot do anything. I cannot read or write. Don't be too sad. Don't blame anyone. Life and death are identical parts of nature. It's fate," the note said. It also conveyed his desire to be cremated and that a small headstone be set up near his home. Posted by: Steve White 2009-05-24 |
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