Sunday, March 4, 2012

SKorea university boss apparently kills himself

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean university president and former agricultural minister reportedly under a corruption investigation was found dead Monday in an apparent suicide, police said.

Police found the body of Sunchon National University President Lim Sang-gyu along with burned charcoal and a suicide note in a parked car in the southern city of Suncheon, officer Yang Byung-wu said.

Lim apparently killed himself with carbon monoxide gas from the charcoal sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, Yang said.

Media reports said prosecutors were investigating whether Lim took money from a detained businessman in return for helping broker a …

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