``I was beaten by a police officer''...The fate of a man who filed more than 400 false reports in one year - South Korean report

A man who was drunk and made a false report to the police on April Fool's Day was scheduled to be tried immediately after an investigation revealed that he had made more than 400 false reports in about a year.
The charges were deemed serious and criminal charges were filed. On the 1st, Seongnam Police Station in Gyeonggi-do arrested and detained Suspect A on suspicion of obstructing official duties through fraudulent means, and conducted an investigation.
Announced. Suspect A is suspected of calling the police from a karaoke shop in Seongnam City at around 6:08 a.m. on the 1st, telling them to "dispatch." When the police arrived at the scene, Suspect A was drunk and operating a karaoke bar.
It is said that he was interfering with his work. Even after Suspect A was ordered to leave the karaoke parlor by a police officer, he continued to create an affair by opening the door of a police car and attempting to get into it in order to rejoin the local police force.
did. After the police officer restrained Suspect A and left the scene, Suspect A called the police station again and falsely reported that he had been hit by a police officer.
When the police officer returned to the scene and checked Suspect A's report history, he found that Suspect A had received 400 calls to the police in the past year.
It was confirmed that a considerable number of these calls were made by false reports and then hung up. Initially, the police applied false reporting under the Petty Crime Punishment Act to Suspect A and tried him immediately.
A trial was scheduled to take place, but during the course of the investigation, it was determined that Suspect A's charges were not light, and the decision was made to file charges against him. Summary judgments are used to judge minor crimes such as fines of less than 200,000 won (approximately 22,400 yen).
As it is a summary trial that does not involve formal criminal proceedings, no criminal record remains. Ahead of April Fool's Day on April 1st, the National Police Agency has announced that it will take strict action against false reports to the police.
Was. If a person makes a false report to the police, he or she will be subject to a fine of up to 6.6 million won (approximately 740,000 yen), detention, or a fine under the Petty Crime Punishment Act, as well as punishment for obstructing official duties.
If it falls under the Petty Crime Punishment Act, you will be subject to a fine of up to 600,000 won (approximately 67,000 yen), imprisonment, or a fine, but if it falls under the misdemeanor punishment law, you will be subject to up to 5 years' imprisonment or 10 million won (approx.
(approximately 11.2 million yen) or less.