``She's so young and beautiful...'' Battalion commander sentenced to suspended sentence for molesting military personnel

An Army lieutenant (equivalent to a lieutenant colonel) in his 40s who sexually assaulted a female military employee in her 20s at karaoke has been sentenced to suspended prison sentence.
According to the legal community, on the 14th, the Uijeongbu District Court was charged with indecent assault against military personnel.
Suspect A, who is in his 40s, was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years. Suspect A, who is the battalion commander of a certain unit located in the northern part of Gyeonggi Province, attended a third meeting in September 2022.
He is accused of holding the hand of Mr. B, a military employee, and forcibly touching his lower back and face at a karaoke party. At that time, Mr. B pulled away from Suspect A's grip, but Suspect A said,
It was revealed that she had sexually harassed him, saying, "This is the first time I've met such a young and beautiful female chief officer." Suspect A denied the fact of sexual harassment at trial. Suspect A ``indecently molested the victim''
"That's not true," he said, adding, "It's possible that the victim was drunk and her memory was unclear or distorted."
However, the court found that the statements of those present and Mr. B's statements matched, and that Mr.
They did not accept Mr. A's claims based on the fact that Mr. B told an acquaintance about the damage after leaving the house and that Mr. B did not drink a lot of alcohol.
The court stated, ``The defendant has shown no remorse for the crime he committed in this case, and it is consistent with the victim.''
"The sentence was decided based on several sentencing conditions, including the fact that the victim did not intend or ask for forgiveness, and the victim complained of psychological damage," the statement said.
Suspect A appealed against the judgment of the first instance.