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Ahn Doo-hee

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After many years of living as an exile in his native country, and having never served the remainder of his prison sentence, Ahn was assassinated by Park Gi-seo, a 49-year-old bus driver and admirer of Kim Koo, on 23 October 1996. The weapon used to kill Ahn was a wooden club inscribed with the words,
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in 1950, Ahn was released from prison, having served only one year of his 15-year sentence. Upon his release, Ahn was re-instated as a military officer. After serving under Rhee during the Korean War, Ahn was discharged in 1953, having attained the
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Ahn was subsequently convicted and sentenced to life in prison. However, shortly afterwards his sentence was commuted to a term of 15 years by then newly elected Korean president
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Officially, it is maintained that Ahn Doo-hee acted alone, although some have theorized that Ahn was part of a broader conspiracy, possibly the CIA.
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In 2001, declassified United States military documents dating from 1949 revealed that Ahn had been an informant and, later, an agent, for the
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published Ahn's confession. Ahn claimed that the assassination of Kim had been ordered by
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The Cilley Report: Background Information on Kim Gu's Assassination:
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On 26 June 1949, Ahn shot Kim Ku four times, killing him.
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Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by South Korea
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Kim Gu's Assassin, Ahn Doo Whi, was an American Agent:
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Ahn died at the hands of an admirer of Kim Ku in 1996.
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South Korean prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
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Korean name
Ahn
Hangul
Hanja



Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Grainy black and white headshot photograph Ahn Doo-hee
Korean
Kim Ku
Ryūsen-gun
Heianhoku-dō
Korea, Empire of Japan
Kim Ku § Death
Syngman Rhee
Korean War
rank
colonel
April Revolution
assumed name
Dong-a Ilbo
Kim Chang-ryong
cremated
Han River
U.S. Counter-Intelligence Corps
White Shirts Society
"Archived copy"
the original

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