Assault on Smoking Control Officer by 20s Man Sentenced to 1 Year and 6 Months in First Trial

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] A woman in her 20s who caused a disturbance by kicking a public official enforcing smoking regulations was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison.

On the 17th, Judge Jeong Hye-won of the Seoul Northern District Court Criminal Division 14 sentenced A, a woman in her 20s who was detained and prosecuted for injury and obstruction of official duties, to 1 year and 6 months in prison.

The court explained the sentencing reason, stating, "She repeatedly committed multiple crimes, including assaulting a district office official walking on the street without reason," and "The nature of the crime is severe, and the victims did not wish for leniency."

A was prosecuted for assaulting a public official in his 70s who was enforcing smoking regulations near Suyu Station on Seoul Subway Line 4 in a no-smoking zone by kicking him while smoking in September last year. Additionally, the indictment included the fact that in October last year, A blocked passing vehicles at the Gangbuk District Office intersection in Beondong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, then spat on and assaulted a driver who got out of a vehicle.