‘Forced Sexual Harassment of Employee’ Oh Keo-don Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison, Appeals Abandoned ... Verdict After 1 Year and 10 Months

Former Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Former Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don was sentenced to three years in prison in the first trial and again in the appeal trial on charges including sexual assault, and he gave up his appeal, making the sentence final.

According to the legal community on the 22nd, Oh's side gave up appealing to the Supreme Court after receiving a three-year prison sentence in the appeal trial on the 9th.

The prosecution also did not submit an appeal within the deadline.

Oh Keo-don's three-year prison sentence, 40 hours of completion of a sexual violence treatment program, and a five-year employment restriction at child and youth facilities and welfare facilities for the disabled were confirmed in the appeal trial.

The confirmation of Oh's prison sentence came about one year and ten months after the incident occurred in April 2020.

The victim's side said immediately after the appeal trial, "We will decide whether to appeal after careful consideration with the prosecution, but we have suffered great pain as the trial has been prolonged," indicating a stance leaning toward not appealing.

Oh, who was affiliated with the Democratic Party of Korea, sexually assaulted subordinate employees in November and December 2018.

In April 2020, he was prosecuted for sexually assaulting another employee in the mayor's office, causing injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder to the employee (sexual assault causing injury), and was sentenced to three years in prison.

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