South Korean judge who hiked ex-first lady's jail sentence found dead
A South Korean judge who more than doubled the former first lady's prison sentence last month was found dead on Wednesday, police said.
Shin Jong-o was "00 am (1600 GMT on Tuesday)... at the Seoul High Court building", an investigator at Seocho district police station told AFP. Shin was taken to hospital and pronounced dead, he said, adding: "There is no sign of foul play in the death."
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