'Drink fabric softener'...Marine who tortured his replacement was fined - South Korea

A full-time Marine Corps soldier who repeatedly subjected his replacement to severe torture, including forcing him to drink fabric softener and keeping him awake, has been sentenced to a fine.
On the 23rd, a judge at the Changwon District Court in South Gyeongsangnam-do (Gyeongsangnam-do)
Marine A, a 20-year-old man who was charged with treason, was sentenced to a fine of 8 million won (approximately 900,000 yen).
Suspect A lived in Ganghwa, Incheon, from July 2022 to February last year.
He was charged with assaulting his replacement soldiers without cause, including forcing them to eat large quantities of sweets and drink fabric softener at the Marine Corps Living Center in the county.
Suspect A feeds his replacement soldiers lots of sweets and chocolate and does not allow them to drink water.
The children were repeatedly subjected to so-called ``food torture.'' They also tortured victims by forcing them to talk or play games to keep them awake.
In November 2022, he poured fabric softener into the lid and forced his replacement to drink it, and in February last year, he made the victim unable to move while he was lying down, then hit him on his vital points.
. The trial chamber said, ``He repeatedly inflicted harsh acts on his replacement soldiers, and his methods and methods were malicious.'' ``He made agreements with some victims, and made criminal depositions for those with whom he could not reach an agreement,'' the court said. damage
"We took into account the efforts he made to recover," the statement said, explaining the reasons for the sentence.