Left-leaning Roh Hoe-chan under investigation in connection with online opinion-rigging scandal
A prominent South Korean lawmaker under investigation in a corruption scandal has committed suicide.
Yonhap news agency says Representative Roh Hoe-chan, a leader of the left-leaning Justice Party, was found dead near the entrance of an apartment building in central Seoul early Monday morning. Yonhap says the 61-year-old, three-term lawmaker jumped to his death.
Roh was under investigation over allegations he received over $44,000 from a blogger at the center of an online opinion-rigging scandal. Yonhap says Roh left a suicide note in his apartment admitting to accepting money, but denying any wrongdoing.
