South Korea forcibly gives a junior high school student a 20cm carp tattoo, denying the charge and saying, ``I did it because I was asked.''

Mr. A, a high school dropout who forcibly tattooed the bodies of junior high school students, denied some of the charges in court. Mr. A had a carp or tokkebi (demon) about 20 centimeters long attached to his juniors' thighs.
He claimed that he had done the tattoo work at the request of the victims. On the 14th, the lawyer for Mr. A (15), a high school dropout who was indicted on charges of special injury and violation of the medical care law, announced that
) At the first trial held at the district court, he stated, ``I deny the charge of special injury, but I admit the other facts of the prosecution.'' The defense attorney stated, ``The defendant performed the tattoo treatment at the request of the victims.''
``The act of tattooing itself cannot be charged with injury as a medical practice,'' he explained. Mr. A, who appeared in court wearing a black jumper and jeans, was asked to confirm his date of birth and place of residence.
He answered the chief's question about his character matter-of-factly. Prior to this, Mr. A was accused of forcibly tattooing the bodies of two junior high school students, including Mr. B (14), at a motel in Incheon in October last year.
It was investigated that Mr. A used an electric device with a needle to carve tattoos of carp and dokkaebi approximately 20 centimeters long on the thighs of Mr. B and others.
Mr. A threatened Mr. B from March last year to May this year and stole approximately 20,000 won (approximately 2,200 yen) from him.
He also faces charges of extortion.