Former South Korean president dead, leaves suicide note
Former South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun, who was at the centre of a multi-million-dollar corruption probe, plunged to his death off a mountainside on Saturday in an apparent suicide.
The 62-year-old Roh , who held office from 2003-2008 and was credited with striving to make South Korea more democratic, had left a suicide note before plunging to his death off a cliff, a former aide said.
"He jumped off a rock on the mountain at 6:40 am (2140 GMT Friday)," ex-chief presidential secretary Moon Jae-In told journalists.
"He left a short suicide note addressed to his family members."
Police in Gyeongsangnam province confirmed a suicide note was found on Roh's computer at his home.
"It has been so tough," local media quoted the suicide note as saying. "I caused so much trouble to many people.
"Please cremate my body. Please erect a small tombstone for me at the village."
Roh had left home around dawn with a bodyguard and climbed a mountain near his retirement village of Bongha, close to the southeast coast.
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