60-Year-Old Man Given Probation for Assaulting Taxi Driver Over "Did Not Play Na Hoon-a's Song" Claim
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A man in his 60s who assaulted a taxi driver for not playing the song of the singer he wanted was sentenced to a suspended prison term.
According to the legal community on the 4th, Han Kyung-hwan, Chief Judge of Criminal Division 2 at the Seoul Western District Court, sentenced Kim Mo (65), who was charged with violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (assaulting a driver, etc.), to 4 months in prison with a 1-year suspension. He was also ordered to attend 40 hours of violence treatment lectures.
On December 24th last year, around 8:30 p.m., Kim, intoxicated, took a taxi driven by A at Pihajae. He verbally abused A, the taxi driver, asking "Why don't you play Na Hoon-a's songs?" and assaulted him by hitting his shoulder twice with his fist.
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The court stated, "The defendant has multiple prior records of violence, and despite this, committed the crime in this case, making a prison sentence unavoidable."
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