We brought you the shocking news yesterday of the Justice Party lawmaker who took his own life... and thousands are expected to pay their condolences to the late Roh Hoe-chan today.
A mourning altar has been set up in Yonsei University's Severence Hospital in Seoul.
Some three thousand people, including other lawmakers,... have already bid their last farewells to the long-respected politician.
Roh was a three-term National Assembly member,... and an iconic figure in the labor movement and in progressive politics.
He jumped to his death on Monday,... amid an investigation into allegations that he had received illegal political funds.
In a suicide note,... Roh said he accepted the money,... but claimed there were no special favors in return.