Boss in His 60s Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison in First Trial for Shooting Air Gun at Migrant Worker

The business owner accused of spraying high-pressure air into the rectum of a migrant worker at a manufacturing plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, causing injuries, has been sentenced to three years in prison in the first trial.

The Suwon District Court sentenced the business owner in his 60s, identified as A, to three years in prison during a hearing at 10:00 a.m. today (15th) on charges including special injury and violations of the Labor Standards Act.

The court explained its sentencing rationale, stating, "The defendant is not genuinely remorseful for his wrongdoing."

Meanwhile, regarding A's wife, who was tried together on charges of threatening the victim—who required emergency surgery immediately after the air gun incident—by saying, "Illegal resident, police," the court stated, "The victim does not wish for punishment," as it explained the reasoning for her sentence.
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