Park Si-yeon’s excuse for “It was a hangover driving”, this also takes the Yoon Chang-ho method

Actor Park Si-yeon, 42, who was arrested by the police for a drunk driving accident in broad daylight, posted on his SNS on the 20th. Two years have passed since the so-called’Yoon Chang-ho Act’, which reinforced the drunk driving penalty standards, was enforced, but drunk driving accidents and late apologies continue.

Actor Park Si-yeon. [일간스포츠]

At the time of the accident, Park hit a car in front of Jamsil 3 intersection in Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul at around 11:30 am on the 17th, and the blood alcohol concentration was 0.097%, which was the level of revoking his license (0.08% or more). It was investigated that both Park and the victim were not seriously injured, and the police charged him with drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act and returned home.

Park is also subject to punishment under the so-called Yoon Chang-ho Act. The Yoon Chang-ho Act refers to the revised Certain Crimes Weighted Penalty Act (enforced in December 2018), which reinforced punishment for deaths from drunk driving, and the revised Road Traffic Act (enforced in June 2019), which reinforced the standards to crack down on drunk driving. According to this, if a person dies due to drunk driving, they are subject to ‘3 years or more in prison or life imprisonment’. In addition, when a person is injured, it is possible to be imprisoned for not less than 1 year and not more than 15 years, or a fine of not less than 10 million won and not more than 30 million won.

The scene of the drunk driving crackdown. News 1

If the victim was seriously injured in Park Si-yeon’s drunk driving accident, the excuse of “hangover” is more likely to have bought a bigger uprising. Kim Mo (59), a driver who was handed over to trial for killing a 6-year-old child from drunk driving in broad daylight on the 12th, was sentenced to eight years in prison at the first trial, and criticism is pouring out on the court. The bereaved families are fierce and say, “This is the law for the perpetrator. “Drunken driving occurs because the punishment is weak, and this is the responsibility of the judiciary and the judiciary,” he argued and criticized, “Is it making sense to lower the sentence for having had auto insurance by writing a reflection statement?” The bereaved families will forgive the accused. He strongly stated that there was no meaning, but the judge heard that Kim had apologized to the victims and their bereaved in the form of reflection as reasons for the reduction.

According to the traffic crime sentencing standards announced by the Commission, ▶Subscribing to comprehensive automobile insurance ▶Seriously reflecting ▶No criminal record of suspension of execution of the money penalty ▶Clear social ties ▶The defendant’s old age or very poor health may serve as reasons for taking into account the sentence. have. The sentencing criteria are only recommendations, but the proportion of judges following them was found to be 89.7% (based on 2009-2019). Seung Jae-Hyun, a research fellow at the Korea Criminal Policy Institute, said, “You must create a sentencing standard that corresponds to the statutory sentence required by the Yoon Chang-ho Act, and if the sentencing standard is low, judges must consider the conditions within the court to boldly depart.” .

Attorney Kim Sang-gyun said, “Although the law has been strengthened, there still seems to be a climate that makes drinking and driving easier in society,” he pointed out that “there is still a distance from the public’s legal sentiment in the court sentence.”

Reporter Ham Min-jung [email protected]