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Emotional funeral for Roh Moo-hyun

2009-05-30 03:56:35 GMT2009-05-30 11:56:35 (Beijing Time)  SINA.com

Roh Geon-ho (C), son of the deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, carries an urn containing the ashes of his late father to be enshrined in a Buddhist temple at Roh Moo-hyun's hometown of Bonghwa village in Gimhae, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Seoul, May 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Cremators stand next to a coffin containing the body of deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun at a crematorium in Suwon, south of Seoul May 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Mourners gather at the Seoul city hall plaza while the people's funeral for the deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is being held at the Gyeongbok-gung (palace) in Seoul May 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Mourners, who are angry against current President Lee Myung-bak and his government, hold a sit-down candle-lit vigil at the Seoul city hall plaza after the funeral for deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Seoul May 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Mourners place a portrait of deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on the table after riot policemen dismantled the memorial altar arranged by citizens in Seoul May 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Roh Geon-ho, son of the deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, carried an urn containing the ashes of his late father to be enshrined in a Buddhist temple at Roh Moo-hyun's hometown of Bonghwa village in Gimhae, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Seoul, capital of South Korea, May 30, 2009.

Tearful South Koreans lined the country's streets on Friday for a glimpse of a hearse carrying the body of Roh who leapt to his death from a cliff about a week after being snared in a corruption scandal.

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