Wheelchair Damages Elevator Door... Jeon Jang-yeon Representative Sentenced to Prison with Suspension

Repair Costs Result in 9.3 Million Won in Damages

Lee Gyusik, co-representative of the Seoul Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon), who was prosecuted for damaging elevator entrance doors and other property with a wheelchair during a protest, was sentenced to a suspended prison term.

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According to the legal community on the 3rd, Judge Lee Junseok of the Criminal Division 8 at the Seoul Eastern District Court sentenced Lee, who was indicted on charges of property damage, to four months in prison with a one-year suspension on the 24th of last month.

The co-representative is accused of damaging the elevator and marble walls of a building in Songpa-gu, Seoul, where the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service is located, during a protest on February 7 last year demanding the health insurance coverage for the hemophilia treatment drug 'Hemlibra.' The repair costs amounted to a total of 9.3 million won.

The court stated, "Although the defendant has multiple prior convictions for similar offenses and violent crimes, he committed the offense again," but added, "It does not appear that he intended to damage the property from the outset, and considering that he fully compensated for the damages and reached a settlement."

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