Roh left behind suicide note, family lawyer says

SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- Former President Roh Moo-hyun died after falling from a
mountainside behind his residence in Bongha Village, southern South Korea, early
Saturday morning, his lawyer Moon Jae-in announced in a news conference, saying
Roh left behind a "brief" suicide note to his family.
Pusan National University Hospital in a nearby town also announced that Roh was
rushed to its emergency room at 8:13 a.m. and died at 9:30 a.m. from external
head injury.
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