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S.Korea Ex-President Roh dead -Yonhap
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-23 09:22
 

S.Korea Ex-President Roh dead -Yonhap
A supporter of former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun holds a caricature of Roh and weeps at Bonghwa village where Roh resided, in Gimhae, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Seoul May 23, 2009[Agencies]

Police were invesigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Roh whose five-year term as president ended in early 2008.

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Roh was summoned in April as a suspect in a multi-million dollar graft probe but prosecutors have not yet decided whether to arrest him.

The case has sparked a media frenzy along with sharp criticism of Roh, who won office partly on an anti-corruption platform and served from 2003 to 2008.

He has publicly apologised for his family's involvement in the case but denied personal involvement.