SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Former South Korean President
Roh Moo-Hyun committed suicide Saturday by leaping to his
death from a hill behind his house, the government
announced.
He was 62.
Roh, who was president from 2003 to 2008, had gone hiking
near his home with an aide about 6:30 a.m. Saturday (5:30
p.m. ET on Friday), the state-run Yonhap news agency
said.
He was found later with head injuries, and died at 9:30 a.m.
after being taken to a hospital in Busan, police said. A
hospital spokesman declined to comment.
Roh left a suicide note for his family that family lawyer
Moon Jae-in handed out to South Korean media. News reports
said Roh wrote it on his computer about half an hour before
he left the house.
"I am in debt to too many people," the note reads. "Too many
people have suffered because of me. And I cannot imagine the
suffering they will go through in the future."
