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Man gets jail term for attacking reporters during pro-Park protest
By a2017001Published : May 16, 2017 - 13:59
A 56-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison Tuesday on charges of attacking three journalists during a violent street rally against the Constitutional Court's decision to dismiss Park Geun-hye as president.
The Seoul Central District Court convicted the defendant, identified only by his last name Lee, of striking the reporters with a ladder on March 10. They suffered injuries requiring two weeks of hospital treatment.
The victims were on duty, just after the Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of Park over a massive corruption scandal that eventually led to her arrest and indictment.
Lee was also found guilty of obstruction of duty and damaging the camera of one of the reporters. (Yonhap)
