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Former South Korean Leader Roh Kills Himself!

by Star69
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True!

Ex-SKorean leader Roh leaps to death over scandal


By JEAN H. LEE, Associated Press Writer Jean H. Lee, Associated Press Writer - 1 hr 7 mins ago

SEOUL, South Korea - Former President Roh Moo-hyun, embroiled in a penetrating corruption investigation, leaped to his death Saturday -- a shocking end for a man whose rags-to-riches rise took him from rural poverty to Seoul's presidential Blue House. He was 62.

Roh, a self-taught lawyer who never attended college and didn't have the elite background typical of Seoul politicians, had prided himself on being a "clean" leader immune to South Korea's traditional web of corruption.

Allegations that Roh, president from 2003-08, accepted $6 million in bribes from a businessman while in office weighed heavily on the ex-leader, who appeared emotionally wrought last month as he prepared to face prosecutors.

Roh hurled himself off a 100 foot (30 meter) high cliff early Saturday while hiking, trailed by a security guard, near his home in Bongha, police in the nearby southern port city of Busan said. Life had become unbearable and "too many people are suffering because of me," Roh wrote in a note found on his computer, police said.

Rest of article here: Ex-SKorean leader Roh leaps to death over scandal - Yahoo! News

My question: Why can't either of the Bush's do that? Just throw yourselves off a cliff. I'd be okay with that.
  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    Roh hurled himself off a 100 foot (30 meter) high cliff early Saturday while hiking, trailed by a security guard,
    So why did the security guard jump?
    My question: Why can't either of the Bush's do that? Just throw yourselves off a cliff. I'd be okay with that.
    Because they lack moral fiber?
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  • Profile picture of the author Star69
    Oh, yeah, I forgot about that moral fiber thingy. Isn't there a cereal they could eat to get moral fiber?
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  • Profile picture of the author metafever
    I bet the security guard threw him over and it was a hired hit.

    Never trust a news story, there is always something deeper going on.
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    Oh, doesn't that just figure! I wrote in my above 'moral fiber post' that it's possible the security guy tossed the guy off the cliff and they're saying it was a suicide. But then I deleted that part because it sounded like something a conspiracy nut would say, and Lord knows, I'm anything but a conspiracy nut!

    Now metafever says exactly as much!

    I didn't consider it could've been a hired hit but it could have been. Somebody might want to shut the guy up before he gets a chance to say anything on the record in trial...looks like they did!
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Geez - I thought you meant the guard jumped with him. Thought that was carrying loyalty a bit far.

      I think he jumped - because in his culture disgrace is a big deal. Here, it's just a bump in the road and you focus on how to "spin" it....

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