Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun died on May 23 2009, South Korea's South Gyeongsang Police Agency announced that morning. He was 62 years old. The police agency said Roh fell from a hill in his hometown village in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province around 6:40 a.m. on May 23, 2009. Police said that Roh was immediately delivered to Seyoung Hospital in Gimhae around 7:05 a.m. that morning where he received CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) treatment. He was then sent to Pusan National University Hospital, but died of a cerebral hemorrhage sustained from the serious head injury.In a press conference Mr. Moon Jae-In, Roh's former chief of staff, said,
Ex-President Roh jumped to his death from a hill in Bongha Village and died at 9:30 a.m. Roh left a 'brief' suicide note behind for his family.
Roh and some of his family members have been under investigation by the Seoul Prosecutor's Office for a bribery scandal where they were allegedly "receiving money from one of his friends."
The investigation included a $5 million bribery scandal involving one of Roh's friends, Mr. Park Yeon-Cha, a businessman and longtime supporter arrested last year on graft and tax evasion charges.
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