Park Won-soon Will Released: "Thank You to Everyone Who Shared My Life... Goodbye Everyone"

[Asia Economy Reporters Lim Chun-han and Jung Dong-hoon] The late Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, left a will expressing "I am sorry and grateful to everyone."

Go Han-seok, Chief Secretary of the Seoul City Hall, revealed the will written by the late Mayor Park before leaving the Gahoe-dong official residence at the funeral hall of Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the day.

In the will, the late Mayor Park wrote, "I am sorry to everyone. I am grateful to all who have been with me in my life. I apologize to my family, to whom I could only bring pain. Please cremate me and scatter my ashes at my parents' grave. Goodbye to all."

The will was written the morning before leaving the Gahoe-dong official residence the previous day, and was found on the desk by an official who was organizing the residence. The Chief Secretary explained, "The disclosure of the will had to follow the wishes of the bereaved family, so we inquired about whether to disclose it with them" and added, "According to the family's wishes, we decided to make Mayor Park Won-soon's will public."

Park Hong-geun, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, immediately after the will was disclosed, said, "On behalf of the bereaved family, I would like to make a request," and appealed, "Not only has the honor of the deceased been damaged, but the bereaved family, already plunged into shock and sorrow, are suffering even greater pain. Please stop such irresponsible acts."

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