• Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Police said they do not suspect foul play.

    Sure. High profile judges frequently drop dead without warning… Nothing to see here

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      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.

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      The Manhwas i read are actually completely realistic? Wowzers! Dudes out here with a private military unit just killing anyone who displeases them.

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        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.

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    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?

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      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.

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        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.

        Press X to doubt that their false conviction rate is actually significantly lower

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    The Republic of Samsung–an outpost of the USA. Heavy corruption is to be expected.

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      Not everything is about the USofA. There are literally hundreds of other countries in the world. This is an article about Korea written by a British media outlet. Please

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    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.

    Source

    Handwriting analysis would be appropriate, and would settle doubts if some do exist.

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      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!