'Yoon Chang-ho Law → Release' Son Seung-won, Caught in 5th Drunk Driving + Attempt to Destroy Black Box 'Shameless'.. Prosecution Seeks 4-Year Prison Sentence [Comprehensive]

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Actor Son Seung-won has shocked the public with news of an even more shameless recent development after being branded as the 'first celebrity under the Yoon Chang-ho Law.'

According to JTBC's 'Newsroom' on the 14th, Son Seung-won faced his first trial today on charges of drunk driving and hit-and-run (hit-and-run causing injury under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes), and the Prosecution Service has requested a four-year prison sentence.

Son Seung-won was caught for his fifth drunk driving offense last November. At the time, he had been drinking in Apgujeong and took the wheel around 6 a.m. Although he intended to head to Pangyo, he crossed the Seongsu Bridge in the opposite direction, entered Gangbyeon Boulevard, and while turning around, drove the wrong way on Gangbyeon Boulevard for about two minutes.

At the time, Son Seung-won had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.165%, more than double the threshold for license revocation, indicating he was heavily intoxicated. Son later lied to the police, claiming, "The substitute driver involved in the dispute abandoned the car and left," and sent a message to his girlfriend saying, "My car is at Yongsan Police Station. Come and remove the black box storage device." Son's girlfriend removed the storage device, but after this was captured on CCTV at the police station, she submitted the device to the police about four hours later.

According to 'Newsroom,' Son Seung-won was also caught driving a car to a drinking party while his license was already revoked just a week before the trial. Despite having earned the disgraceful title of 'first celebrity punished under the Yoon Chang-ho Law' and facing a prison sentence for his fifth drunk driving offense, he showed no signs of remorse.

Son Seung-won was arrested by police on suspicion of hitting another vehicle with his father's sedan on a road in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, around 4:20 a.m. on December 26, 2018, and fleeing without taking any action. At the time of the accident, Son's blood alcohol concentration was 0.206%, the level for license revocation, and a 20-year-old car owner riding with a 50-year-old substitute driver in the damaged vehicle was injured.

Along with this news, it was revealed that Son Seung-won already had a past record of three prior drunk driving offenses, which had led to the revocation of his driver's license. He drew attention as the first celebrity to be prosecuted under the 'Yoon Chang-ho Law,' which strengthened penalties for drunk driving. The first instance court ruled him not guilty of the crime of dangerous driving causing injury, which falls under the 'Yoon Chang-ho Law,' but the second instance court sentenced him guilty. As a result, Son Seung-won served one year and six months in prison.

Son Seung-won was classified as a 'Class 5 wartime labor service' candidate under Article 136 of the Enforcement Decree of the Military Service Act, which applies to individuals who have received a prison sentence of one year and six months or more, and was thus exempted from military enlistment.

The Yoon Chang-ho Law was established in memory of 22-year-old college student Yoon Chang-ho, who died unjustly after being struck by a drunk driver while on leave from the military in September 2018. The law passed the National Assembly in November of that year, and in December, Son Seung-won was caught for his fourth drunk driving offense, making him the 'first celebrity punished under the Yoon Chang-ho Law.'

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