He extended her sentence to four years and imposed a fine of 50m won (£25,319) after the appellate court found her guilty in a stock manipulation case. She was also found guilty on charges related to accepting valuables, such as Chanel bags and a necklace from the Unification Church and was ordered to return a diamond necklace.
Meanwhile in America:
Melania walks free and nobody on the federal bench is showing up in the East River with cement shoes
Police stated that a suicide note was found on the clothes Judge Shin was wearing at the time of his death. The note reportedly contained the message, “I’m sorry. I’m leaving on my own.” It is said that the note did not mention the trial related to Ms. Kim’s case. However, Judge Shin was known to have recently confided in acquaintances about stress caused by the trial. A legal industry insider said, “He might have felt a heavy burden due to handling a case that drew significant public attention.”
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Police believe he fell to his death after entering the rooftop after 5:05 p.m. on the previous day (5th). However, as there is no CCTV installed on the rooftop of the Seoul High Court building, police are still determining the exact time of death.
Handwriting analysis would be appropriate, and would settle doubts if some do exist.
Sane theory: the judge took his own life from the stretch.
Reasonably suspicious theory: he was murdered.
Comedy of errors theory: the suicide note is entirely genuine and sincer. The judge did intend to kill himself. However, he was murdered before he could carry it out!
To me, the line “I’m sorry. I’m leaving on my own.” implies that he was given the option of suicide, or something far worse, and he made his choice.
Handwriting analysis
Is a sketchy field on a good day. My handwriting would go to shit if I was banging something out moments before my death, one way or another.
Probably went to sleep with the fan on.
2 fans to the back of the head.
The Republic of Samsung–an outpost of the USA. Heavy corruption is to be expected.
FTA: “Police said they do not suspect foul play”.
Is that the usual news-speak for avoiding the word ‘suicide’, or corrupt police making things up?
Maybe…Some countries, like Japan, have an extremely high murder conviction rate. They do this by not labeling it a murder unless they find the murderer and enough evidence.
I don’t know if that is the same case in SK, but it could be an admin think until they know more.
They do this by not labeling it a murder unless they find the murderer and enough evidence.
They also have a court system comically stacked in favor of the prosecution.
They do this by not labeling it a murder unless they find the murderer and enough evidence.
See that makes too much sense. A crazier theory would be more fun!
I know! It turns out that Japanese people are just really, really hard to kill. They’re ultra durable. Must be the food or something. The murder rate is low because it’s just incredibly physically difficult to kill a Japanese person with violence. In fact, Japan didn’t actually have an army in WW2. It was just one Japanese guy that went nuts and started rampaging across the Western Pacific. It took the atomic bomb to finally stop him.
Why else did we build the bomb? To flatten cities? No. That’s just what it took to stop the bastard!
Maybe they don’t suspect it, cause they know it?
This has been the proper phrasing since the beginning of police and newspapers.
Police said they do not suspect foul play.
Sure. High profile judges frequently drop dead without warning… Nothing to see here
Amazingly vague details. Some healthy person is found dead in a public building with no report on cause of death. Yeah. If you know the history of this former leader, her family, they are historically connected to the fascist regime of post WW2 Korea. Which were mostly supported directly and indirectly fascist Japan and America.
Really feels like a means of the far right in South Korea using a political assassination, especially as the current leadership of South Korea is farther left than it has been in awhile.
I imagine many reporters wouldn’t be too eager to dig too deeply into a story like this. If the hypothetical murderers can get to a high profile judge, who has enough power to literally sentence former national leaders? If you can get through that person’s security, what hope does a reporter have of staying safe if they uncover something they shouldn’t?
It was probably just stress. /s
Must be the wind.
Probably left a fan on in his bedroom.
I’m actually curious if anyone has any info on South Korea. I know about the fan death belief. And I also know of South Korea’s history with dictatorship. But in real life, have the two ever crossed? Has fan death ever actually been used to cover up a political murder?
considering SK people has been known for its high suicide rate, its probably suicide…
with 13 gunshots on the back of the head.edit: it seems like he got the russian “suddenly fell out of nowhere” treatment 😐
Ah. Trevor Moore’s Favorite.
The Manhwas i read are actually completely realistic? Wowzers! Dudes out here with a private military unit just killing anyone who displeases them.
The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) has been involved in several controversial cases in the past, including the assassination of President Park Chung-hee.
In some crime themed manhwa, the NIS is also portrayed as a terrifying organization in the eyes of the police and the public.
Oh man is their entire government going to explode with some over the top insane tinfoil hat conspiracy come to life again?
