Lawyer with Three DUI Offenses Receives Suspended Prison Sentence

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A lawyer in his 40s who was caught driving under the influence three times has been sentenced to a prison term with a suspended sentence.

On the 8th, Park Kwang-woo, Chief Judge of Criminal Division 5 at the Seoul Western District Court, announced that he sentenced lawyer Lee Mo (40), who was tried for violating the Road Traffic Act (drunk driving), to one year in prison with a two-year suspension.

Lee is accused of driving under the influence in a heavily intoxicated state around 4 a.m. on April 19. He drove about 1 km from a road in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, to the parking lot of his residential apartment. At that time, Lee's blood alcohol concentration was 0.109%, which is at the level of license cancellation.

Lee had previously received summary fines of 3 million won and 4 million won for drunk driving in 2014 and 2016, respectively. The court stated that it sentenced him considering that despite having a prior record of punishment for drunk driving, he drank and drove again, and that his blood alcohol level was not low.

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