[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] A public official who was fined 1 million won for drunk driving 11 years ago was sentenced to a fine of 13 million won for drunk driving again.
On the 13th, Judge Kim Cho-ha of the Changwon District Court Criminal Division 7 announced that he sentenced education public official A (48) to a fine of 13 million won for violating the Road Traffic Act (drunk driving).
A is accused of driving about 1 km in Daecheong-dong, Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam, with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.148% around midnight on June 26. He had previously received a summary order for a fine of 1 million won in April 2010 for the same charge.
Judge Kim stated, "There is a social consensus that drunk driving must be severely punished, leading to a legal amendment that increased the statutory penalties, and the defendant's blood alcohol concentration is not low," adding, "The sentence is determined by considering various sentencing factors."
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