S.Korean commits suicide over Hwang scientist case
A South Korean truck driver killed himself on Saturday by setting himself on fire after distributing leaflets urging disgraced stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk to resume his research, police said.
The man in his late 50s, identified only by his family name Chung, doused his body with paint thinner in front of a historic statue in the center of Seoul in the early hours of Saturday. He died before reaching hospital.
Witnesses saw Chung distribute about 30 leaflets calling for Hwang to carry on his studies before setting himself alight.
According to Yonhap news agency, the dead man was a member of an online chat cafe, “I love Hwang Woo-suk”, but had not actively participated in outdoor protests to support him.
He left a memo in an Internet chatroom just before killing himself to call for a gathering in Seoul on Saturday in support of the disgraced researcher, the news agency said.
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All of this in support of a man who resigned in disgrace – - I think this situation runs much deeper than simple support of a person and a cause – - and I think the media is ignoring that Chung “perhaps” had some deeper issues.
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