SEOUL – A woman in her 20s was fined two million won (S$2,000) for spiking a man’s drink with laxatives in 2022.

The victim, a 19-year-old preparing for the national college entrance exam, developed enteritis and suffered from emotional distress after the incident. The victim claimed that the incident affected his performance in the exam.

The incident took place in Seoul’s Gangnam area on Aug 30, 2022, just two months before South Korea’s state-administered college entrance exam.

The suspect and the victim were not acquainted with each other. The suspect allegedly spiked the victim’s coffee with laxatives.

The prosecution reported that the suspect had tampered with another person’s belongings and charged her with property damage offences and assault.

Accordingly, the prosecution handed down a fine of two million won, but the alleged perpetrator reportedly filed for a formal trial against the decision.

“Deliberately (adding) laxatives to the coffee of another student with whom she has no prior acquaintance amounts to a random crime,” the court stated.

The court announced that in determining the punishment, it took into consideration the assailant’s confession and the fact that she had offered two million won to the victim. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK