A judge gave guidance on a stingy ruling on'recognizing political defense'.

According to the legal community today (2nd), Judge Chang Chang-mo of the Daejeon District Court recently announced his belief in Mr. A's trial, which was accused of injury.

Mr. A had a fight with Mr. B, who was furious about his child's problems in May last year, and Mr. B took charge of this situation and sued Mr. A for injuries.

The judge, who looked at all the evidence, then pushed the defendant's hand up as if Mr. B was trying to hit it, and Mr. B, who recognized it as an assault, grabbed the defendant's head. And the defendant explained that he struggled to release Mr. B's hand.

In doing so, the defendant, who had been arrested, was in the process of resisting, so he decided that he could not apply the crime of injury. It is a self-defense as a passive means of resistance to protect yourself from unfair attacks.
"We can't deny that in our society,'If you have a fight, be sure to be right,' it's just like common sense," said the judge. "It's a very backward and terrible legal culture."

In addition, he presupposed that "there should be no damage to the integrity of the body, which is the law of protection against injuries."

Article 21(1) of the Criminal Code recognizes self-defense by providing that'the act to defend against the current unjust infringement of the interests of oneself or another person shall not be punished for a good reason'. However, the relevant precedent is still at hand.

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(Photo = Daejeon High Court website)