SEOUL, South Korea — A top official with the Hyundai group has committed suicide by jumping off a building that is part of the company’s headquarters, South Korean media reports.
Chung Mong-hun, chairman of Hyundai Asan Co. which focuses on tourism, killed himself at about 6 a.m. Monday (2010 GMT Sunday) by leaping from his 12th-floor office, the reports said.
Chung was being investigated in connection with an alleged payment of hundreds of millions of dollars to North Korea in exchange for its holding a summit between South and North Korean leaders. [MSNBC]