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.
He was pronounced dead upon arrival at a nearby hospital.
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Police suspect the 55-year-old died after falling from the building.
“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”.

However, police said it did not mention Kim’s case or any of his judicial duties.

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