A woman in her 20s who was convicted after inducing physical contact with passersby while wearing only a box over her naked body in a busy area of Seoul has again appeared in court in a separate drug case. The court handed down a suspended prison sentence for buying and using narcotics and also ordered probation and treatment education.
On the 10th, Judge Jo Young-min of the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Single Judge Division 2 sentenced a person surnamed Lee, indicted on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act (psychotropics), to two years in prison, suspended for four years. The court also ordered the forfeiture of 1.84 million won, three years of probation, and completion of a 40-hour drug treatment program.
Lee was sent to trial in June 2024, and investigators alleged Lee bought ketamine on five occasions and used methamphetamine and ketamine twice and once, respectively.
The bench said, "Drug crimes cause significant social harm and have a high risk of recidivism," noting the need for stern punishment. It particularly pointed out that "the defendant handled narcotics multiple times and handled another type of narcotic even while under police investigation."
However, the court found not guilty on part of the ketamine use charges, determining the crime was not proven. It explained that Lee's admission of the overall conduct from the investigation stage was taken into account in sentencing.
Earlier, in Oct. 2023, Lee stood trial on a charge of public indecency for making passersby touch the body while inside a box around Apgujeong and the Hongdae area in Seoul, citing a YouTube content shoot, and in the second trial on Sept. last year received eight months in prison, suspended for two years. As footage from the time spread on social media, Lee became known as the so-called "Apgujeong box woman."