Former Captain Accused of Violating Passport Act Appears in Court
Accused of Violating Passport Act and Causing Damage
Former Captain Lee Geun, who was involved in the Ukraine War and faced charges of violating the Passport Act, made his first appearance in court on March 20 at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul. He stands accused of violating the Passport Act as well as causing damage to a fugitive.
Lee Geun (39), who recently received a suspended prison sentence for entering war-torn Ukraine without permission, is now facing additional charges for driving a car without a valid license.
Driving Without a License
According to the police, Mr. Lee was allegedly driving his car without a license from his residence in Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do to the Suwon Nambu Police Station in Maetan-dong. The incident took place around 6:10 pm the previous day.
It should be noted that Lee’s driving license had been revoked as he was under investigation for leaving the scene without providing any rescue measures after being involved in a car accident with a motorcycle in Seoul last July.
During his visit to the Suwon Nambu Police Station, Lee was found parking his car in the seat of a patrol vehicle. Authorities, upon noticing a civilian vehicle occupying a police patrol vehicle, attempted to locate the owner’s contact information inside the car to request its removal. However, they couldn’t find the required information, leading to the discovery of Lee’s driving offense without a valid license.
Past Actions and Consequences
It is worth mentioning that Lee left the country in March of last year, shortly after the outbreak of the Ukraine War, and joined the foreign unit known as Ukraine’s ‘International Brigade of Homeland Defense Forces’. Following his return to Korea in May of the same year, claiming to have sustained injuries in action, he was handed over for trial on charges of entering Ukraine without permission.
Reporter: Myung Jong-won
▲ Former Captain Lee Geun, who took part in the Ukraine War and was accused of violating the Passport Act, goes to the courtroom to attend the first trial on March 20 this year at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu , Seoul on charges of violating the Passport Act and causing damage to the fugitive. Former Captain Lee Geun (39), who was recently sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for entering war-torn Ukraine without permission, was booked for driving a car without a licence.
According to the police on the 7th, Mr. Lee is accused of driving his car without a license from his home in Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do to the Suwon Nambu Police Station in Maetan-dong, around 6:10pm the previous day.
Lee’s driving license has been revoked as he is being investigated for leaving the scene without any rescue measures after causing an accident with a motorcycle while driving a car in the city of Seoul in July last year.
He visited Suwon Nambu Police Station for another incident and was caught parking in the seat of a patrol vehicle at the police station.
The police, who saw a general vehicle parked in a patrol vehicle, tried to find the mobile phone contact information in the vehicle to request a vehicle movement, but they could not find it, and inevitably, in the process o check the license of the vehicle, driving without a license was caught.
Meanwhile, Mr Lee left the country in March last year, just after the start of the war in Ukraine, and joined the foreign unit of Ukraine’s ‘International Brigade of Homeland Defense Forces’.
He subsequently returned to Korea for treatment in May of that year, claiming to have been wounded in action, and was handed over for trial on charges of entering Ukraine without permission.
Reporter Myung Jong-won
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