“Why did you report it?” A 30-year-old sentenced to prison for retaliating by going to a bar after being released from prison.

Ulsan District Court Criminal Division 12 (Chief Judge Lee Young-je) announced on the 10th that it sentenced Mr. A, in his 30s, to 1 year and 6 months in prison after being handed over to trial on charges of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (threat of retaliation, etc.).

Mr. A, a gangster follower, entered a bar in Nam-gu, Ulsan with three members of the same group in December 2024, seated female waiters, ordered several bottles of Western liquor, and began causing a commotion.

Mr. A forced the waitresses to drink alcohol to the point where they vomited and fainted, and when the waitress tried to force the female waiter to leave the room, he threatened, saying, “If you leave the lady, I will destroy the whole store.”

Also, after ordering additional liquor, he did not open the lid and drink it, but instead poured it into an ice bucket or trash can.

Mr. A's group harassed the customer service workers in this way for a while, and some of the customer service employees even ran out of the room where Mr. A's group was and cried and complained to the employees, "Why did you get bullied?"

In the end, when the employees entered Mr. A's room and asked him to pay since the store was closed, Mr. A threatened, saying, "I went to jail because of your boss, Mr. B. I came to take revenge. Call the boss."

He then left without paying 2 million won worth of alcohol.

In fact, about 3 years and 6 months before starting this riot, Mr. A went into a bar run by Mr. B with his juniors, behaved violently, and demanded payment in return, and was sentenced to prison.

At that time, Mr. A threw computer monitors and credit card terminals at Mr. B's bar and kicked out customers while showing his tattoos.

In addition, after assaulting Mr. B, he was reported and arrested by the police after threatening him by saying, "If you want to continue doing business, you must repay 3 million won per month."

After being released from prison, Mr. A visited Mr. B's store again to retaliate and behaved like this again.

The court said, “Revenge crimes can ultimately result in hindering investigative and judicial agencies from discovering the substantive truth, so there is a need to hold them accountable accordingly.”

He then explained the reason for the sentencing, saying, "The defendant is evading his responsibility by retaliating against the reporter of the previous incident, even though the nature of the crime is very serious. He has a history of receiving numerous criminal punishments, and in particular, he committed the crime again during the period of repeat offenses."