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S.Korea Ex-President Roh dead -Yonhap
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-23 09:22

 

Five former presidents including Roh have been tarnished by scandals involving either themselves or their families. Apart from Roh, Chun Doo-Hwan and Roh Tae-Woo personally faced a criminal probe.

S.Korea Ex-President Roh dead -Yonhap
Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun arrives at his house after being questioned over allegations that he received millions of dollars from a businessman, in Bongha, South Korea, Friday, May 1, 2009. [Agencies]

Chun and Roh Tae-Woo were convicted in 1995 of receiving bribes and inciting mutiny. Both were sentenced to death but pardoned in 1997.

 

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