Court Fines 60-Year-Old 3 Million Won for Attempting to Bribe with 30,000 Won

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The court sentenced a man in his 60s to a fine on charges of attempting to bribe a police officer to dismiss a traffic violation.

On the 29th, Judge Yoo Jung-woo of the Ulsan District Court Criminal Division 2 sentenced A (68), who was tried on charges of expressing intent to offer a bribe, to a fine of 3 million won.

On the morning of March 26 last year, A was caught by the police while driving a forklift on National Road No. 24, a road exclusively for automobiles in Ulju-gun, Ulsan City.

At the time, police officer B requested A to present his driver's license, but A tried to hand B 30,000 won. When B refused, A threw 30,000 won into the patrol car, indicating his intent to offer a bribe.

A claimed, "I only had 30,000 won because I knew I had to pay the fine immediately, and although I showed the intent to give 30,000 won as a bribe, I did not ask for leniency."

However, Judge Yoo explained the sentencing by stating, "The police officers at the scene testified that A refused to show his license and requested leniency, and attempted to take money out of his wallet to offer it. Considering the credibility of these statements and the fact that violating a road exclusively for automobiles is not subject to a fine but is an illegal act punishable by a fine or detention, it is difficult to accept the defendant's claim."

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