For all those people who like to complain about bank charges for moving money back home, or even the ATM charges for getting your own cash, here’s a piece from the Korea Times website that puts things into perspective:
A man in his 20s was slapped with a 300,000 won ($220) fine for trying to get 1 won coins in change from a bank.
The Changwon District Court Wednesday fined the 27-year-old for interrupting banking services in an attempt to get nine 1 won coins in change.
According to the court, he purchased 1-gram of gold from a Changwon bank in February. He was supposed to be given 669 won in change but the bank clerk handed over 670 won, citing rareness of the coin. After his repeated calls for nine 1 won coins were rejected, he said “I won’t leave here till you give me 1 won coins.”
Ok, I get it. He was being a pain in the arse. He was arrested, and charged with being said pain in the arse.
The court said, “He was found to have suffered brain damage. But such behavior had nothing to do with his mental trouble.”
Erm… Nice! A guy with brain damage is being a tad daft. So he is arrested and removed from the area. The sensible thing to do at this point would be (assuming he is not a danger to anybody) get him to his family and ensure that he won’t cause any more problems. Instead, he is taken to court and handed a disproportionate fine. Nice to see that it isn’t only foreigners who get shit on by the banks!
