Head of a Comfort Woman Shelter Found Dead in Paju

Here is the latest on the alleged fraud surrounding the fundraising efforts in support of the Korean comfort women by politically connected Yoon Mee-hyang:

The head of a shelter for Japanese wartime sexual slavery survivors run by a civic group under a prosecution probe was found dead in her apartment in Paju, Gyeonggi, Sunday, said police Sunday.    
   
Sohn, the 60-year-old head of the Peaceful Our Home located in Mapo District, western Seoul, was found dead Saturday night at 10:35 p.m. in the bathroom nearest to the entrance of her fourth-floor apartment, according to the Paju police precinct.  
   
The shelter is run by the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, which had been undergoing a probe by the prosecution for allegations of accounting fraud and misuse of donations.  
   
Prosecutors raided the Korean Council’s office, its museum and the shelter for the so-called comfort women victims on May 20 and 21.    
   
Sohn’s acquaintances contacted police Saturday afternoon when she couldn’t be reached. She was already dead when police discovered her.    
   
Police said that there was no evidence of an intruder into Sohn’s home and that her death was not being treated as suspicious.     
   
A police official said that based on the circumstances, Sohn’s death is highly likely to be a suicide. 

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but this reminds me of when former President Roh Moo-hyun committed suicide to protect all the corrupt people around him. I guess we will see if this suicide has the same effect for Yoon Mee-hyang.