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Police look into deaths of Park Geun-hye's two relatives
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- Two relatives of Park Geun-hye, a powerful presidential aspirant from the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), were found dead in what was presumed to be an internal family fight, police said Wednesday.
A paternal nephew of Park, who is a daughter of late former president Park Chung-hee, was found by a neighbor lying dead in a parking lot near Mount Bukhan in northern Seoul early Tuesday morning, Gangbuk Police Station said. The 50-year-old man was bleeding from several stab wounds to his face, the police said.
Only a few kilometers from the scene, police found the body of a cousin of Park's dead nephew. The 52-year old man seems to have committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree, the police said.
After discovering a weapon near the suicide site, police are investigating a possible link between the two deaths.
Police also said they found through the two men's cellphone records that they had been drinking together the previous night and arrived near the mountain in a car driven by a paid driver.
"We are looking into a possible relation between the two simultaneous deaths," the police said, adding one is likely a suicide and the other a possible murder. Autopsies will be conducted early Wednesday, the police said.
"The two were said to have some conflicts due to financial matters. But it seems not to be related to inheritance," a close aide of the lawmaker said, declining to be named.
A paternal nephew of Park, who is a daughter of late former president Park Chung-hee, was found by a neighbor lying dead in a parking lot near Mount Bukhan in northern Seoul early Tuesday morning, Gangbuk Police Station said. The 50-year-old man was bleeding from several stab wounds to his face, the police said.
Only a few kilometers from the scene, police found the body of a cousin of Park's dead nephew. The 52-year old man seems to have committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree, the police said.
After discovering a weapon near the suicide site, police are investigating a possible link between the two deaths.
Police also said they found through the two men's cellphone records that they had been drinking together the previous night and arrived near the mountain in a car driven by a paid driver.
"We are looking into a possible relation between the two simultaneous deaths," the police said, adding one is likely a suicide and the other a possible murder. Autopsies will be conducted early Wednesday, the police said.
"The two were said to have some conflicts due to financial matters. But it seems not to be related to inheritance," a close aide of the lawmaker said, declining to be named.
