SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining more than 20 kilograms (44 pounds) to evade a tougher role in the country’s military conscription system, a Seoul court said Tuesday.
Associated PressSouth Korean army soldiers conduct an anti-terror drill as part of the Ulchi Taeguk exercise at a park in Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2019. SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining more than 20 kilograms to evade a tougher role in the country’s military conscription system, a Seoul court said Tuesday.
The Seoul Eastern District Court said it sentenced the man to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for violating the country’s military service act. Local media reported they are friends, both aged 26, but the court said it couldn’t confirm the reports. In three physical exams from 2022-2023, the man weighted 102-105 kilograms , a weight that made him fit for social service. Just before those exams, he drank a large amount of water as well, according to the court.
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