Factory owner sentenced to 3 years for air gun assault on migrant worker
A manufacturing company owner accused of severely injuring a migrant worker by firing high-pressure air from an industrial air gun into his body has been sentenced to three years in prison. Judge Koo Na-young of the Suwon District Court on Thursday sentenced the owner of a metal-cleaning company, a man in his 60s identified only as A, to three years in prison on charges of aggravated bodily…
A metal-cleaning company owner was sentenced to three years in prison for severely injuring a migrant worker with high-pressure air from an industrial air gun. The judge dismissed the case against the owner's wife, who had been charged with intimidation. The assault occurred at the owner's factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province on February 20.
The Thai worker, in his 40s, suffered a traumatic rectal perforation over 10 centimeters and required emergency surgery. The owner was also accused of threatening the worker by suggesting he would report the worker to police for his undocumented immigration status unless he complied.
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