A courtroom in South Korea has discovered a person responsible of making an attempt to keep away from obligatory navy service by intentionally gaining weight, native media report.
The 26-year-old started binge consuming earlier than his bodily examination for the draft, a choose within the capital, Seoul, stated. He was categorised as overweight, permitting him to serve in a non-combat function at a authorities company.
The defendant obtained a one-year suspended sentence. A buddy who devised a particular routine that doubled his day by day meals consumption acquired a six-month suspended sentence, the Korea Herald newspaper reviews.
All able-bodied males in South Korea over the age of 18 should serve within the military for not less than 18 months.
In accordance with the Korean Herald, the defendant was assessed as match for fight responsibility throughout an preliminary bodily examination.
However on the ultimate examination final yr, he weighed in at over 102kg (225 lbs, 16 stone), making him closely overweight.
The person who advisable binge weight-reduction plan had denied the cost of aiding and abetting, saying he by no means believed his buddy would by means of with it, the newspaper provides.