Korean commits suicide after gambling away fortune in Cambodia
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Fri, 11/07/2008 - 08:12.
A South Korean man committed suicide in a Cambodian hotel after gambling away his fortune in the country's casinos, media reports said Friday.
Police found Chae Geong Seok's body hanging in his Phnom Penh hotel room Thursday with a suicide note explaining to his family that his fortune was gone, The Phnom Penh Post said.
The man's body was taken to the city's Calmette Hospital to be collected by his family.
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