A tribunal successful South Korea has recovered a antheral blameworthy of trying to debar mandatory subject work by deliberately gaining weight, section media report.
The 26-year-old began binge eating earlier his carnal introspection for the draft, a justice successful the capital, Seoul, said. He was categorised arsenic obese, allowing him to service successful a non-combat relation astatine a authorities agency.
The suspect received a one-year suspended sentence. A person who devised a peculiar regimen that doubled his regular nutrient intake got a six-month suspended sentence, the Korea Herald paper reports.
All able-bodied men successful South Korea implicit the property of 18 indispensable service successful the service for astatine slightest 18 months.
According to the Korean Herald, the suspect was assessed arsenic acceptable for combat work during an archetypal carnal exam.
But astatine the last introspection past year, helium weighed successful astatine implicit 102kg (225 lbs, 16 stone), making him heavy obese.
The antheral who recommended binge dieting had denied the complaint of aiding and abetting, saying helium ne'er believed his person would done with it, the paper adds.