Judge who sentenced South Korea’s former First Lady found dead
A handwritten note was found in his pocket, reportedly containing the phrases “I am sorry” and “I am leaving of my own accord.”
Judge Shin Jong-oh, who nearly tripled former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee’s prison sentence last month, was found dead in the early hours of May 6, with police suspecting suicide.
What happened
After receiving a report from his family around midnight, police found Shin, 55, unconscious in a flower bed near the Seou…
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