Drunken Prosecutor Assaults Two Police Officers, Receives Fine in Appeal Trial

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] A prosecution investigator who assaulted two police officers while intoxicated and caused a disturbance was sentenced to a fine again in the appellate court.

The Criminal Appeals Division 1 of Cheongju District Court (Presiding Judge Lee Hyung-geol) announced on the 30th that it sentenced A (47), an investigator affiliated with Cheongju District Prosecutors' Office, who was tried for obstruction of official duties, to the same fine of 3 million won as in the original trial.

The court stated, "Based on various pieces of evidence, we can accept the original court's judgment that the police officers' execution of their duties at the time was lawful, and there is no illegality such as factual misrecognition or legal error."

Earlier, A was prosecuted on charges of assaulting B (54), a police sergeant, and C (29), a police officer, by pushing their chests when they responded to his home in Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju City, around 4 a.m. on July 24, 2018.

At the time, A, who was returning home heavily intoxicated, reportedly called 112 after finding his master bedroom locked and his clothes scattered.

However, when the police officers arrived, A could not even remember the reason for the call and caused a disturbance by grabbing and pushing the officers' necks as they tried to check the situation inside the house.

In the first trial on April last year, the court stated, "The defendant, as a prosecution investigator who should fully understand and cooperate with police officers' duties, obstructed official duties while intoxicated, and appropriate punishment is necessary."

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