Singer indicted for draft dodging by claiming he saw ghosts
By Jun Ji-hyeKim Woo-jooSinger Kim Woo-joo has been indicted without physical detention on charges of draft-dodging. According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Tuesday, the 30-year-old has been pretending to be a mental patient by claiming that he saw ghosts.The Old Time vocalist is suspected of deceiving a psychiatrist and getting a report stating that he needs medicine and mental treatment for more than a year. He told the doctor that he suffers from visual and auditory hallucinations and insomnia.He submitted the report to the Military Manpower Administration (MMA) that transferred him to public duty personnel service in October last year, instead of ordering him to active duty service.Those who are transferred to public duty personnel service serve at state institutions, local governments or other public entities. Kim was initially ordered to join active service in September 2004.All able-bodied men are required to serve in the military for about two years under the nation’s mandatory conscription system because the nation is technically still a
