Mocked Police at Ballot Counting Site... Prosecutors Seek One-Year Prison Term for All Three Men in Their 20s

Charged with Obstructing Government Duties

Mocked Officers as "Chinese Public Security"

Prosecutors have requested a one-year prison sentence for each of three men in their 20s accused of verbally abusing police officers at a protest site in Olympic Park, Seoul.

Demonstrators are waving the American and South Korean flags at the entrance of the Handball Gymnasium in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul. Photo by Dongju Yoon

At the first trial held on September 1 at the Eastern Seoul District Court, Judge Lee Joon-goo, presiding over the sole criminal bench 7, proceeded through the main arguments for the case involving a man in his 20s, identified as Park, who was indicted and detained on charges of obstructing government business under special circumstances. Two other men in their 20s, including Kim, were also brought to court without detention on the same charge. Prosecutors asked for a one-year prison sentence for all three men, including Park.

The prosecution explained their sentencing request by stating, “The defendants have acknowledged their actions. However, the gravity of their misconduct is not minor, and they have not received forgiveness from the police officers who were victimized.”

Park and the others were indicted on charges of mocking police officers by calling them “Chinese public security” and blocking their path while the officers were maintaining order at a protest site near the Olympic Park ballot counting station in Songpa-gu, Seoul, in June.

The sentencing for Park and the others is scheduled for October 6.

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