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The Seoul Central District Court’s appellate division said Wednesday it rejected the appeal after concluding that the TV personality obstructed justice by avoiding enlistment on account of false excuses.
The same court in April sentenced the celebrity to a six-month prison sentence, suspended for one year, plus 120 hours of community service, for obstructing justice.
The appeals body, however, found the celebrity not guilty of trying to evade military duty by extracting one of his healthy teeth, upholding the original court ruling.
It said the extraction was made for medical reasons and required.
The not-guilty decision will likely mean Shin’s military exemption will remain intact.
According to the charges prosecutors raised against the entertainer, he had healthy tooth pulled out in 2006 in order to avoid the two-year mandatory service at a military camp and put off enlistment by lying, including taking an exam for a public official position and going on an overseas performance tour.
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