Strict outcome · Comparison Pair · Assault
Migrant worker imprisoned for workplace fistfight
Harm
Two punches, minor injury
Sentence
8m
Court
District Court
Guideline
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Comparison thesis
A migrant worker's two punches: 8 months prison. A chairman's years-long employee abuse: still light per-count.
Strict outcome · current case
8m
8 months imprisonment, no suspension
Migrant worker imprisoned for workplace fistfight
Migrant worker · Harm: Two punches, minor injury
Lenient outcome
7y
7y imprisonment (1st instance) — later partial reductions
WeDisk chairman Yang Jin-ho — long-term employee abuse
White-collar · Harm: Repeated assault of multiple employees over years
'Flight risk' justified denial of suspension for the migrant — yet the chairman's economic resources were never treated as flight risk, despite the much greater capacity to evade.
Case summary
An E-9 visa worker who threw two punches in a workplace argument over wages was sentenced to 8 months of actual imprisonment. The court refused suspension citing 'flight risk' due to visa status, despite the absence of any prior criminal record.
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