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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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 Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:30 am Post subject: I got tired of beating them myself |
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Korea tycoon jailed for assault
One of South Korea's richest businessmen has been jailed after he was found guilty of carrying out a gangland-style revenge beating on bar workers who had scuffled with his son.
Kim Seung-youn, chairman of the Hanwha business group, was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in jail after he was convicted of assault.
Prosecutors said Kim and several bodyguards stormed into a Seoul karaoke bar in mid-March, seeking those he said were responsible for attacking his son.
Kim seized members of the bar staff, drove them off to a remote mountainous area and forced them to their knees while he beat them, they said.
"I ordered my bodyguards to take over because I got tired of beating them myself," Kim said during the trial.
"I ordered my bodyguards to take over because I got tired of beating them myself"
Kim apparently punched and kicked the bar workers, beat them with a metal pipe and used a stun gun � although none of the victims was seriously injured.
Appearing in court shortly after his arrest in May, Kim acknowledged he lost self-control and called himself a "silly father".
He said he regretted that he "failed to control impulsive emotion" and apologised for causing trouble
Prosecutors in the Seoul district court had sought a two-year prison sentence.
According to South Korean media Kim is the country's ninth richest man with a fortune of almost $1bn.
His Hanwha group was established in 1952 as the Korea Explosives Corp.
It later developed interests in petrochemicals, finance, insurance, construction and retail.
It also owns the Hanwha Eagles professional baseball team.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AC16D626-5B08-4FB7-9AFA-E8AE72206D21.htm |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| No punitive damages? |
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Appearing in court shortly after his arrest in May, Kim acknowledged he lost self-control and called himself a "silly father".
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Agree - with 1 billion in his budget, he couldn't have got someone else to do the job. Even taking them scuba diving would have been a better option. |
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koon_taung_daeng
Joined: 28 Jan 2007
Location: south korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| why was he only jailed for 1.5 years? this country sucks |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| koon_taung_daeng wrote: |
| why was he only jailed for 1.5 years? this country sucks |
A country, in which a billionaire actually sees jailtime, definitely does not suck. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| Just in time for August 15. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, the day of national pardons.
I wonder which war criminals and Japanese collaberators Mr. No will pardon this year, while chastizing the Japanese. |
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