By AFP More by this AuthorThe mayor of Seoul, a contender to be South Korea's next president and a former human rights lawyer, took his own life a day after he was accused of sexual harassment, authorities said Friday. I thank everyone who has been with me in my life," he wrote, asking to be cremated and his ashes scattered at his parents' graves. A heavyweight figure in the ruling centre-left Democratic party, Park ran South Korea's sprawling capital -- home to almost a fifth of the national population -- for nearly a decade. His death came a day after his former secretary filed a police complaint -- said to involve sexual harassment -- against him. He defended many political activists and in the 1990s won South Korea's first sexual harassment conviction, in a landmark judgement.

Source: Daily Nation July 10, 2020 04:18 UTC