2009May/23 故・盧武鉉の件 BBCの報道は…

South Korean former leader dies（BBC 03:25 GMT, Saturday, 23 May 2009 04:25 UK)

Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has died of head injuries after falling into a ravine while climbing a mountain, police say.
Mr Roh, 62, was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital in the southern city in Busan.
An aide to the former president said he had left what appeared to be a suicide note before jumping to his death.

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A human rights lawyer, Mr Roh took office in 2003 vowing to fight corruption, but correspondents say his term was a rollercoaster ride, with his party hit by scandal and infighting.

He was suspended early in 2004, after parliament voted to impeach him over a breach of election rules, but the Constitutional Court later overturned the move and he was reinstated.
Last month, Mr Roh was questioned over allegations that he had taken millions of dollars in bribes from a wealthy businessman.
The former president later apologised for the scandal.
"I feel ashamed before my fellow citizens. I am sorry for disappointing you," he said in a televised statement.
In a statement posted on his website in April, Mr Roh admitted that his wife received a substantial sum of money from the businessman, but suggested it was not a bribe, but a payment to help her settle a debt.

この文章を読むと、前大統領は遺書を残して山から飛び降りたということのようですね。

それにしても、気になるのは、収賄に関する記述ですね。
４月に盧武鉉が自身のサイトで、夫人が金銭を受け取ったことを認めていた、と。
が。
このお金が夫人の借金の支払いに充てられたので賄賂ではない、と示唆した。
…と書かれているわけですが。
賄賂の構成要件に、収賄した側が金を何に使ったかは関係ない気がするんですが…
この「ビジネスマン」とやら（朴淵次の事と思われる）が、
盧武鉉から何か見返りを得ていれば、賄賂として成立するはず。

まぁ、これはBBCが言っているわけではなく、盧武鉉の言い分ですけど。
死人に鞭打つようで嫌ですが、意味のわからない弁解ですね。
人権派弁護士ってどこの国でもこんな感じなんですかねぇ？