Binge-eating man convicted after attempting to dodge military draft [Video]

Seoul, South Korea –

A South Korean man who ate to the point of obesity in an attempt to dodge the army has avoided prison after he pledged to take up his mandatory military service.

The man, who was not publicly identified, was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, by a court in Seoul for violating the country’s Military Service Act.

He was ruled out of active duty in June last year after he weighed in at 102 kilograms (225 pounds) with a body mass index classified as obese, six years after he was deemed fit to serve following an initial physical exam, according to the November 13 ruling.

“The defendant consumed high-calorie foods, approximately doubled his meal portions, refrained from physically demanding jobs such as parcel delivery work, and drank large amounts of water right before measurements to deliberately increase his weight,” the judge said in the ruling.

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