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(1)iNews24 Reporter Choi Seok-beom accused of burning the Taegeukgi on the flag stand and flying the Japanese flag
(2)A man in his 30s who was put on trial was sentenced to prison
(3)Lee Ju-young, a 17-year-old criminal judge at the Incheon District Court, announced on the 16th that he sentenced A, 36, to 10 months in prison and three years of probation for allegedly defaming the national flag and breaking into buildings
(4)On August 29 last year, A sneaked into a middle school in Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, lowered the national flag hanging from the flag stand, and scribbled with a red pen that Dokdo belongs to Japan Since then, it has been reported that the Taegeukgi was burned and the Japanese flag was hung on the flagpole
(5)Police launched an investigation at the report of a school official, and A was caught near his residence in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do
(6)The court said, “The defendant broke into the middle school and damaged the flag on the hoisting platform, so the crime is not light,” adding, “The defendant has a history of being punished for the same crime in the past.”
(7)However, he said that the defendant admitted and reflected on the crime, adding that he considered the fact that the mental illness he is currently suffering has affected the crime to some extent
(8)Meanwhile, August 29, when A committed the crime, was the day when Japan forcibly signed the Korea-Japan Merger Treaty in 113 that included the transfer of sovereignty of Korea to Japan. It is called August 29, 1910, the date of national humiliation
36 years old
suspended sentence