BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A former Romanian prime minister who was imprisoned on corruption charges has been released early from prison.
Adrian Nastase, the highest-ranking Romanian official to be sent to prison since 1989, shot himself in the neck in an apparent suicide bid when he was handed a two-year sentence in 2012 for illegally raising funds for a failed presidential bid. He sustained minor injuries only.
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