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 manufacturing company owner has been sentenced to three years in prison for severely injuring a migrant worker with an industrial air gun, according to prosecutors. Judge Koo Na-young of the Suwon District Court handed down the sentence on Thursday against the owner of a metal-cleaning company, a man in his 60s identified as A. A was charged with aggravated bodily injury and violations of the Labor Standards Act.
The court dropped the case against A's wife, B, who faced charges of intimidation. A was accused of directing high-pressure air from the nozzle of an industrial air gun towards the anal area of C, a Thai man in his 40s, during an incident at A's factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province on February 20. The blast resulted in a traumatic rectal perforation measuring over 10 centimeters for C, who subsequently underwent surgery.
Moreover, A was alleged to have threatened C by warning him, "Illegal immigrant, police," implying that he would report C to the police for his undocumented immigration status unless C complied with A's demands.
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