Don't grieve for me

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http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_380692.html

SEOUL - FORMER South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun told his family not to grieve for him before plunging off a cliff early Saturday in an apparent suicide, news reports said.

'Please don't have sorrowful feelings. Aren't life and death one and the same?' YTN television quoted the note as saying.

'Please cremate my body. Please erect a small tombstone for me at the village.' An aide to the former leader, who held office from 2003-8, said Mr Roh had jumped from the cliff near his retirement village at Bongha close to the south-east coast.
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Mr Roh, 62, was questioned last month as a suspect in a multi-million dollar corruption case.

'It has been so tough,' the note reportedly said. 'I caused so much trouble to many people.'

Mr Roh had gone hiking with a bodyguard early on Saturday. He jumped while the guard's was distracted, according to Yonhap news agency.

He was taken to a nearby hospital in a very serious condition and moved again to Busan National University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

An official with the Busan University Hospital where Mr Roh's body was taken said at a televised news conference the cause of death was head injuries. 'Head injuries were the direct cause of his death. Many bones were broken, including ribs and pelvis.'

'Former President Roh left his house at 5.45am (2045 GMT, 4.45am Singapore time) and while hiking on the Ponghwa Mountain, appears to have jumped off a rock at around 6.40am (5.40am Singapore time),' Moon Jae-in, who was Mr Roh's presidential chief of staff, said in a nationally televised statement.

Police said they were investigating whether Mr Roh killed himself. -- AFP

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