If only government criminals everywhere had the conscience to "dispense justice on" themselves

Just a little story to remind us all that things work pretty much the same all over the world wherever there are people.

Former Ukrainian former Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko shot himself today, hours before prosecutors were to question him about the killing of an investigative journalist five years ago.

President Viktor Yushchenko said Kravchenko’s death could be linked to the investigation into the killing of Internet journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, who investigated Ukrainian government corruption.

“Everyone has a choice: either appear before the court and publicly stand up for his rights and honour or dispense justice on himself.” Yushchenko said.
  Scotsman article

Or be "suicided" because you have information you could spill that would implicate someone else.

[The journalist's murder] sparked months of protests against former President Leonid Kuchma, who the opposition alleged had ordered the killing.

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The allegations against Kuchma were based on recordings that a former presidential bodyguard said were made secretly in Kuchma’s office.

In the tapes, Kuchma was overheard repeatedly complaining about Gongadze’s reporting and ordering Kravchenko to ”drive him out, throw (him) out, give him to the Chechens.”

Lytvyn, who was Kuchma’s former chief-of-staff, was also allegedly heard on the tapes saying: “In my opinion, let loose Kravchenko to use alternative methods.”

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Kuchma, who is currently at a spa in the Czech Republic, has denied any involvement.