{
  "id": 14629040,
  "title": "Factory owner sentenced to 3 years for air gun assault on migrant worker",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/factory-owner-sentenced-to-3-years-for-air-gun-assault-on-migrant-14629040",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T06:32:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261015/factory-owner-sentenced-to-3-years-for-air-gun-assault-on-migrant-worker"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nMoreover, 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.",
  "summary": "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…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Factory owner gets 3-yr term for injuring migrant worker with air gun",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/factory-owner-gets-3-yr-term-for-injuring-migrant-worker-with-air-gun",
        "published": "2026-10-15T05:58:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Factory owner sentenced to 3 years for air gun assault on migrant worker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/factory-owner-sentenced-to-3-years-for-air-gun-assault-on-migrant",
        "published": "2026-10-15T06:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}