South Korean judge who hiked ex-first lady's jail sentence found dead just 8 days after sentencing

>[https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3352562/south-korean-judge-who-handed-kim-keon-hee-4-year-term-found-dead-days-after-verdict](https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3352562/south-korean-judge-who-handed-kim-keon-hee-4-year-term-found-dead-days-after-verdict) >Shin Jong-oh, who was found with severe injuries on the ground near the Seoul High Court, had a suicide note in his pocket, police say >Shin Jong-oh, who had overturned a lower court’s not guilty verdict and imposed a harsher sentence on Kim, was discovered with severe injuries in a flower bed near the Seoul High Court building in Seocho district, southern Seoul. >“It is true that an apparent suicide note was found in his pocket,” an officer at Seocho Police Station told This Week in Asia. The note reportedly included phrases such as “I am sorry” and “I am leaving of my own accord”. Some more details...

Not suspicious at all.

Shin Jong-oh beat himself to death, dumped his body into a flower bed outside the courthouse, and then wrote a suicide note saying he was leaving this world voluntarily... seems legit

"There is no sign of foul play in the death." Well that's that, nothing to see here, lets just move on...

Creepy ass woman, creepy ass family.

Was it the Jingweon Mafia?

Anyone else noticing a lot more corruption at the highest level of gov around the world? Bribery, stock manipulation, etc.

okay hike up her sentence even more. hike it up to infinity

How old was the judge? The age of the defendant is listed, but not that of the judge.

Hard to see it being worth killing a judge for increasing a sentence by 28 months.

Before she was pushed out the window by persons unknown, she took a moment to leave a note....... Uh-huh. Right.

Why does south korea even have other branches of government at this point.

Corruption in South Korea.

All around the world, the rich and powerful are being more open with the admission that they don’t have to play by society’s rules. Rules are for the plebes.

Corruption of the highest order.

>an investigator at Seocho district police station >Shin was taken to hospital and pronounced dead, he said, adding: "There is no sign of foul play in the death." Of course he would say that. He got the message and doesn't want to follow the judge into the afterlife.

must have been depression. /s

I’ve mowed through enough Korean dramas and manhwa to know exactly what happened.

Gee, that's not suspicious at all huh? Sounds like the ex first lady's sentence was more than justified.

Season 3 of Beef?

These idiots don’t realize faking a suicide note just makes it more obvious.

"it appeared he had tortured himself to death and cut his own head off with a katana"

Does the increased sentence still stand?

Eight days later and suddenly ‘justice’ looks fatal. Convenient timing, isn’t it?

Must be suicide

So when was the date that world leaders and those with power found out they could do any evil thing, even out in the open, in the era of social media and people would care less than ever before. It's like the experiment on accountability concluded and everyone figured out it was not required.

I feel like I've seen this manhwa before

It’s like that new season of beef

south korean politics really became a full netflix thriller at this point 💀

“Must have felt guilty about doubling her time that he took his own life. Well case closed. No need to do an autopsy or dust for prints!”

Nothing to look at here folks. Just keep moving along. Just like that. Good job.

What does hiked mean in this context?

Yikes, corruption out the wazoo

How can things like this happen over and over and over and over and over everywhere in the world, we all know what the f*** happened but it gets brushed over. If it keeps up like this young people will see no future in this shitty place